{"conversationCode":"165-026","tapeNumber":165,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-165-026","startDateTime":"1973-05-12T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-12T18:17:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1973","startTime":"2:13 PM","endDate":"12-May-1973","endTime":"2:17 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 2:13 pm and 2:17 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-026 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. 165-26\n\nDate: May 12, 1973\n\f                                               -28-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 165-42 (cont’d)\n\nTime: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 2:17 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["165-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"165-025","nextCode":"165-027","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":3.61,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":3.73,"end":11.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served purely as a request for telephonic assistance to connect the President with a member of his administration. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Telecommunications","White House Administration","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:26:51.175Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","telecommunications","white-house-administration","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"165-026.mp3","bytes":368640,"durationSec":11.37,"bitrate":259301,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.309Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/165-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/165-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/165/conversation-165-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}