{"conversationCode":"166-003","tapeNumber":166,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-166-003","startDateTime":"1973-05-13T20:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-13T20:21:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1973","startTime":"4:16 PM","endDate":"13-May-1973","endTime":"4:21 PM","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 4:16 pm and 4:21 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 166-003 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. 166-3\n\nDate: May 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:16 pm and 4:21 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.","filename":["166-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"166-002","nextCode":"166-004","transcript":[{"start":1.63,"end":2.26,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.28,"end":3.66,"text":"Could you get me Mr."},{"start":3.72,"end":7.03,"text":"Congressman Joe Wegener of Louisiana?"},{"start":7.05,"end":10.34,"text":"If he's not around, I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":10.4,"end":11.08,"text":"You know what I mean?"},{"start":11.1,"end":12.26,"text":"He'll meet me with his mother or something."},{"start":12.28,"end":13.41,"text":"Don't bother him, okay?"},{"start":13.43,"end":13.63,"text":"Fine."},{"start":14.27,"end":14.53,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator attempt to place a telephone call to Congressman Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. of Louisiana. Nixon specified that the operator should not disturb the Congressman if he was unavailable, expressing his intent to postpone the outreach until the following day if necessary. The brief exchange served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate a direct communication between the President and the Representative.","topics":["Joe D. Waggonner Jr.","Presidential communications","logistics","Congressman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:28:38.647Z"},"topicSlugs":["joe-d-waggonner-jr","presidential-communication","logistics","congressman"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"166-003.mp3","bytes":657408,"durationSec":20.41,"bitrate":257638,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/166-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/166-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/166/conversation-166-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}