{"conversationCode":"217-012","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-012","startDateTime":"1972-10-07T13:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T14:16:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 217-12\n\nDate: October 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 10:16 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 147-5]","filename":["217-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"217-011","nextCode":"217-013","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.17,"text":"Is that right, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator while stationed at Camp David. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical check of the telecommunications connection between the retreat and the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occur during this brief technical interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","White House Operator","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:39:14.358Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","white-house-operator","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-012.mp3","bytes":223189,"durationSec":9.23,"bitrate":193516,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.865Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}