{"conversationCode":"165-039","tapeNumber":165,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-165-039","startDateTime":"1973-05-13T14:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-13T14:48:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1973","startTime":"10:39 AM","endDate":"13-May-1973","endTime":"10:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 10:48 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-039 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. 165-39\n\nDate: May 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:39 am and 10:48 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\f                                             -43-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                Conversation No. 165-42 (cont’d)","filename":["165-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"165-038","nextCode":"165-040","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":3.88,"text":"Go ahead, please."},{"start":4.42,"end":5.67,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative call via the Camp David operator to establish a connection with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy matters or political discussions occurred during this exchange, which served solely as a logistical bridge to initiate a follow-up conversation.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:28:05.213Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"165-039.mp3","bytes":339968,"durationSec":10.51,"bitrate":258858,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.310Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/165-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/165-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/165/conversation-165-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}