{"conversationCode":"164-017","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-017","startDateTime":"1973-04-28T16:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-28T22:35:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1973","startTime":"11:23 AM","endDate":"28-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:35 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 5:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-017 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. 164-17\n\nDate: April 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:23 am and 5:35 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["164-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"164-016","nextCode":"164-018","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":4.9,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.92,"end":5.54,"text":"Just a second, please."},{"start":5.58,"end":8.76,"text":"Yes, thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate official communication between the President and his top spokesperson. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communications","Logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:20:20.101Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communications","logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-017.mp3","bytes":436224,"durationSec":13.55,"bitrate":257612,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}