{"conversationCode":"168-021","tapeNumber":168,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-168-021","startDateTime":"1973-06-02T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-02T17:58:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"2-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:58 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-021 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. 168-21\n\nDate: June 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 1:58 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Ronald L. Zeigler\n\f                                               -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 168-22 (cont’d)","filename":["168-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"168-020","nextCode":"168-022","transcript":[{"start":3.27,"end":4.75,"text":"Yes, Mr. Ziegler now please."},{"start":4.81,"end":5.79,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate official communication. No other substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication protocols","White House staff","Administrative assistance"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:33:35.201Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communication-protocols","white-house-staff","administrative-assistance"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"168-021.mp3","bytes":380928,"durationSec":11.81,"bitrate":257964,"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/168-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/168-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/168/conversation-168-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}