{"conversationCode":"164-054","tapeNumber":164,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-164-054","startDateTime":"1973-04-30T21:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-30T21:49:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:49 PM","endDate":"30-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Camp David operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On April 30, 1973, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-054 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. 164-54\n\nDate: April 30, 1973\nTime: 5:49 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\f                                               -37-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 164-54 (cont’d)\n\nThe Camp David operator talked to the President.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald M. Ziegler\n          -Rose Mary Woods\n\n     Barry M. Goldwater’s location\n           -New Bedford, Massachusetts\n\n     Goldwater’s telegram to President\n\n     President’s call to Goldwater","filename":["164-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Camp David operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"164-053","nextCode":"164-055","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":2.77,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.61,"end":7.44,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please, and also get Rose for me."},{"start":7.58,"end":8.18,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.74,"end":13.39,"text":"Senator Goldwater is en route by air to New Bedford, Mass."},{"start":13.83,"end":16.23,"text":"He won't be back till about 11.30 this evening."},{"start":16.27,"end":19.14,"text":"And his secretary says that he did send you a telegram."},{"start":19.86,"end":23.98,"text":"Well, you tell his secretary to be sure that he knows I returned the call."},{"start":24,"end":24.34,"text":"Right."},{"start":24.62,"end":25,"text":"Will do."},{"start":25.51,"end":27.07,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a Camp David operator to facilitate urgent communications with Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler and personal secretary Rose Mary Woods. The primary objective was to coordinate a response to a telegram sent by Senator Barry Goldwater, who was currently traveling to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Nixon directed the operator to ensure Goldwater’s staff was informed that he had personally returned the Senator’s call.","topics":["Barry Goldwater","White House communications","Ronald Ziegler","Rose Mary Woods","Watergate-era administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:23:44.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["barry-goldwater","white-house-communications","ronald-ziegler","rose-mary-woods","watergate-era-administration"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"164-054.mp3","bytes":1024000,"durationSec":31.88,"bitrate":256963,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.130Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/164-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/164/conversation-164-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}