{"conversationCode":"172-003","tapeNumber":172,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-172-003","startDateTime":"1972-06-09T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-09T20:55:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1972","startTime":"3:20 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1972","endTime":"4:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 4:55 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 172-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDSD","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Desk","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 172-3\n\nDate: June 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:20 and 4:55 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Desk (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 192-20]\n\n       Request for John N. Mitchell","filename":["172-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:35:29","tapeEnd":"00:35:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"172-002","nextCode":"172-004","transcript":[{"start":2.62,"end":4.45,"text":"Mr. Mitchell and John Mitchell, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.41,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a telephone call through the Camp David operator to reach John N. Mitchell. The primary purpose of the contact is to facilitate a direct communication between the President and his former Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative request.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Telephone Communications","Presidential Scheduling","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:38:41.789Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","telephone-communications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"172-003.mp3","bytes":272525,"durationSec":6.66,"bitrate":327273,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/172-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/172-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/172/conversation-172-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}