{"conversationCode":"159-001","tapeNumber":159,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-159-001","startDateTime":"1972-12-31T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-31T16:17:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:55 AM","endDate":"31-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 11:17 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 159-001 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. 159-1\n\nDate: December 31 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:55 am and 11:17 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 238-25]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["159-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-058","nextCode":"159-002","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":5.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to reach Colson for a conversation. No further policy or strategic discussions took place during this specific call.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Administrative logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:16:00.103Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","administrative-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"159-001.mp3","bytes":293397,"durationSec":12.08,"bitrate":194302,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/159-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/159-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/159/conversation-159-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}