{"conversationCode":"183-004","tapeNumber":183,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-183-004","startDateTime":"1972-11-27T14:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-27T16:14:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:30 AM","endDate":"27-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Brennan, John V.; Camp David Operator; Toumayan, Alex G.;","description":"On November 27, 1972, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and Alex G. Toumayan talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 183-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDSD","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Desk","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 183-4\n\nDate: November 27, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:30 am and 11:14 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Desk\n\nMajor John V. (\"Jack\") Brennan talked with the Camp David operator.\n\nAlec G. Toumayan can be heard in the background.\n\f[See Conversation Nos. 156-3 and 231-3]\n\n       Telephone call\n\n       The President’s forthcoming conversation with Felix Houphouet-Boigny\n            -Preparations for incoming call\n                  -Ivory Coast\n                  -Lines\n                         -The President\n                         -[Toumayan]\n                  -Check of line\n                  -Time","filename":["183-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Brennan, John V.","Camp David Operator","Toumayan, Alex G."],"prevCode":"183-003","nextCode":"183-005","transcript":[{"start":17.43,"end":19.33,"text":"Yeah, this is Major Brennan."},{"start":19.53,"end":20.49,"text":"Yeah, just a minute, sir."},{"start":20.55,"end":21.43,"text":"Wait, wait."},{"start":21.45,"end":21.75,"text":"Oh, all right."},{"start":21.91,"end":22.86,"text":"I'm not calling anybody."},{"start":22.88,"end":24.48,"text":"I want to talk to you."},{"start":24.5,"end":24.84,"text":"Okay, now I know."},{"start":24.86,"end":25.76,"text":"I was going to ask to be the president."},{"start":25.78,"end":26.32,"text":"Oh, please do that."},{"start":26.58,"end":28.6,"text":"No, the other one is, just forget that for a second."},{"start":28.9,"end":29,"text":"Okay."},{"start":29.48,"end":30.45,"text":"Keep it up, Mark."},{"start":30.47,"end":30.91,"text":"All right."},{"start":30.95,"end":36.95,"text":"The situation is, is we're getting an incoming call from the Ivory Coast, from President LeFleur Bonnier, who's the president of Ivory Coast."},{"start":37.48,"end":40.44,"text":"The line on which I'm on now, the president will be on."},{"start":41.58,"end":44.4,"text":"But the other presidential line is where the interpreter will be."},{"start":44.42,"end":44.6,"text":"Right."},{"start":45.02,"end":47.37,"text":"And the call will be when it comes in."},{"start":47.72,"end":49.51,"text":"I'll check this line, and Chip will check that."},{"start":49.53,"end":54.68,"text":"You just tell me that President LaFrontenay is here, and I'll hand this phone to the President."},{"start":54.98,"end":55.28,"text":"Okay."},{"start":55.3,"end":56.87,"text":"It's supposed to be exactly what happened."},{"start":57.89,"end":58.81,"text":"All right."},{"start":58.84,"end":60.48,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Major John V. Brennan and the Camp David operator coordinated logistics for an impending telephone call between President Nixon and Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. The participants established the technical setup for the call, specifying which phone lines would be used for the President and his interpreter. Brennan instructed the operator on the protocol for signaling the arrival of the call so he could transfer the connection to the President.","topics":["Camp David","Félix Houphouët-Boigny","Ivory Coast","Telecommunications","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:43:03.894Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","f-lix-houphou-t-boigny","ivory-coast","telecommunications","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"183-004.mp3","bytes":1642219,"durationSec":68.29,"bitrate":192372,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/183-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/183-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/183/conversation-183-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}