{"conversationCode":"165-020","tapeNumber":165,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-165-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1973","startTime":"12:54 PM","endDate":"12-May-1973","endTime":"12:59 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 12:54 pm and 12:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-020 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. 165-20\n\nDate: May 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["165-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"165-019","nextCode":"165-021","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":7.21,"text":"Uh, Mr. Hage again, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him via telephone to White House Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served solely as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication with Haig. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this short interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential communications","Telephone coordination","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:26:16.479Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-communications","telephone-coordination","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"165-020.mp3","bytes":387072,"durationSec":12.05,"bitrate":257053,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/165-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/165-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/165/conversation-165-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}