{"conversationCode":"164-019","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-019","startDateTime":"1973-04-28T22:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-28T23:32:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:43 PM","endDate":"28-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:32 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 5:43 pm and 6:32 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-019 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. 164-19\n\nDate: April 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 6:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["164-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"164-018","nextCode":"164-020","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":4.9,"text":"Hold him in place."},{"start":5.18,"end":6.45,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to initiate a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman. The President explicitly directed the operator to ensure Haldeman remained available for the connection. This brief exchange served solely to facilitate direct communication between the President and a key advisor during the ongoing political turmoil of the period.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communication","Camp David","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:20:31.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","camp-david","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-019.mp3","bytes":399360,"durationSec":12.33,"bitrate":259044,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}