{"conversationCode":"158-053","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-053","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T17:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T17:38:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:38 PM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:38 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-053 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 158-53\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: 12:38 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\f                                                -65-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 158-53 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 238-15]\n\n       U. Alexis Johnson’s location\n            -Golf course [Burning Tree Country Club]\n\n       Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush\n            -Rush’s identity\n                   -Deputy Secretary of Defense","filename":["158-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-052","nextCode":"158-054","transcript":[{"start":1.01,"end":5.94,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.96,"end":12.88,"text":"Mr. President, Mrs. Johnson is on the John Paul sign."},{"start":12.9,"end":13.2,"text":"Oh, hey, hello."},{"start":13.22,"end":14.48,"text":"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to inquire about the whereabouts of U. Alexis Johnson and requested a telephone connection to Deputy Secretary of Defense David Kenneth Rush. The discussion was primarily logistical, focused on locating key personnel to facilitate official communications during the President's stay at Camp David. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["U. Alexis Johnson","David Kenneth Rush","Communications","Presidential scheduling","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:15:26.275Z"},"topicSlugs":["u-alexis-johnson","david-kenneth-rush","communication","presidential-scheduling","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-053.mp3","bytes":565448,"durationSec":23.43,"bitrate":193095,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.156Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-053","catalogNaId":648452627,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/648452627","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}