{"conversationCode":"164-053","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-053","startDateTime":"1973-04-30T20:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-30T21:49:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On April 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:20 pm and 5:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-053 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. 164-53\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 5:49 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Barry M. Goldwater","filename":["164-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"164-052","nextCode":"164-054","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.67,"text":"Senator Goldwater please."},{"start":4.69,"end":7.88,"text":"Thank you sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Senator Barry Goldwater. This administrative communication served to establish a line of contact between the President and the Senator during a period of intense political pressure. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request.","topics":["Barry M. Goldwater","Presidential communication","Camp David","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:23:39.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-m-goldwater","presidential-communication","camp-david","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-053.mp3","bytes":409600,"durationSec":12.65,"bitrate":258967,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}