{"conversationCode":"168-018","tapeNumber":168,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-168-018","startDateTime":"1973-06-02T16:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-02T16:12:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:12 PM","endDate":"2-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On June 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:12 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-018 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. 168-18\n\nDate: June 2, 1973\nTime: 12:12 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s location\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr. meeting\n\n     Return telephone call from Ziegler\n\f                                            -20-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["168-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"168-017","nextCode":"168-019","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":2.9,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":2.98,"end":6.63,"text":"Operator, Mr. Ziegler is in a meeting with General Hagan."},{"start":6.65,"end":12.3,"text":"I don't want to interrupt him, but you tell his secretary as soon as he finishes his meeting if you'd give me a call, please."},{"start":12.32,"end":13.66,"text":"All right, for Mr. Ziegler to call you?"},{"start":13.86,"end":14.3,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14.32,"end":15,"text":"All right, sir, sure will."},{"start":15.02,"end":15.34,"text":"Thanks, Bree."},{"start":16.08,"end":16.48,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":17.55,"end":17.68,"text":"Uh-huh."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request a return call from Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The operator informed the President that Ziegler was currently in a meeting with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Nixon directed the operator to notify Ziegler’s secretary so that the Press Secretary could contact him immediately upon the conclusion of that meeting.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","Communication","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:33:18.900Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","alexander-m-haig-jr","communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"168-018.mp3","bytes":659456,"durationSec":20.52,"bitrate":257097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.824Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/168-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/168-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/168/conversation-168-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}