{"conversationCode":"165-016","tapeNumber":165,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-165-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1973","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"12-May-1973","endTime":"12:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-016 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. 165-16\n\nDate: May 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 12:31 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["165-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"165-015","nextCode":"165-017","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":4.35,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.65,"end":12.27,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or policy developments occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication logistics","Camp David operations","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:25:53.830Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communication-logistics","camp-david-operations","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"165-016.mp3","bytes":395264,"durationSec":12.23,"bitrate":258624,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/165-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/165-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/165/conversation-165-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}