{"conversationCode":"168-020","tapeNumber":168,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-168-020","startDateTime":"1973-06-02T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-02T16:29:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"2-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Camp David operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 2, 1973, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:29 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-020 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. 168-20\n\nDate: June 2, 1973\nTime: 12:29 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Charles W. Colson","filename":["168-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Camp David operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"168-019","nextCode":"168-021","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.57,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.79,"end":2.56,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":2.58,"end":2.88,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.9,"end":5.45,"text":"There is no answer at Mr. Colson's home, phone, or office."},{"start":5.53,"end":6.65,"text":"Well, you can let that go."},{"start":6.81,"end":8.06,"text":"I'll try it later sometime."},{"start":8.24,"end":8.66,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":8.94,"end":10.01,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to cease attempts to reach Charles W. Colson after the operator reported an inability to connect with him at his home or office. Nixon determined that further outreach was unnecessary at the time and opted to abandon the call for the moment. This brief exchange reflects the administrative management of the President's personal communications while he was working from Camp David.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Telephone communication","White House operations","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:33:29.931Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","telephone-communication","white-house-operations","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"168-020.mp3","bytes":516096,"durationSec":16,"bitrate":258048,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/168-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/168-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/168/conversation-168-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}