{"conversationCode":"169-012","tapeNumber":169,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-169-012","startDateTime":"1973-06-20T13:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-20T13:27:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1973","startTime":"9:22 AM","endDate":"20-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On June 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 9:27 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 169-012 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. 169-12\n\nDate: June 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:22 am and 9:27 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["169-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"169-011","nextCode":"169-013","transcript":[{"start":2.9,"end":4.76,"text":"This way, Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":4.79,"end":5.54,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct consultation with Kissinger. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as its sole purpose was to establish the telephonic link between the President and his advisor.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential logistics","Executive branch operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:36:17.400Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","executive-branch-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"169-012.mp3","bytes":464896,"durationSec":14.4,"bitrate":258275,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/169-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/169-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/169/conversation-169-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}