{"conversationCode":"167-021","tapeNumber":167,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-167-021","startDateTime":"1973-05-20T19:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-20T19:34:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1973","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"20-May-1973","endTime":"3:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-021 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. 167-21\n\nDate: May 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n\f                                            -20-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["167-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"167-020","nextCode":"167-022","transcript":[{"start":1.23,"end":5.49,"text":"Mr. Hobart, Lewis, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call to Hobart D. Lewis. The interaction served strictly as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to Mr. Lewis. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Logistics","Hobart D. Lewis","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:30:41.273Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","logistics","hobart-d-lewis","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"167-021.mp3","bytes":405504,"durationSec":12.57,"bitrate":258008,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.642Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/167-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/167/conversation-167-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}