{"conversationCode":"164-015","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-015","startDateTime":"1973-04-28T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-28T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:23 AM","endDate":"28-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On April 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 3:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 164-15\n\nDate: April 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:23 am and 3:30 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Elliot L. Richardson\n                 -William P. Rogers","filename":["164-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"164-014","nextCode":"164-016","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.56,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.59,"end":9.02,"text":"I've got Secretary Richardson for me, Elliot Richardson, and Secretary Rogers will talk to him."},{"start":9.4,"end":10.43,"text":"All right."},{"start":11.07,"end":11.31,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to facilitate a conference call between Secretary of State William P. Rogers and Elliot L. Richardson. The request served to connect the two Cabinet members for official communication. This administrative coordination was part of the President's ongoing management of his senior staff during a period of high-level government transitions.","topics":["Elliot L. Richardson","William P. Rogers","Cabinet","Communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:20:09.352Z"},"topicSlugs":["elliot-l-richardson","william-p-rogers","cabinet","communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-015.mp3","bytes":518144,"durationSec":16.04,"bitrate":258425,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}