{"conversationCode":"222-003","tapeNumber":222,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-222-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-30T00:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-30T01:58:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brennan, John V.; Camp David Operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 222-003 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. 222-3\n\nDate: October 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nJohn V. (“Jack”) Brennan talked with the Camp David operator.\n\nBrennan talked with [first name not known] Johnston at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and\n8:58 pm.\n\n                                         (rev. Oct-06)\n\nThe President entered at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.\n\nThe President conferred with Brennan at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 152-2]","filename":["222-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Brennan, John V.","Camp David Operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"222-002","nextCode":"222-004","transcript":[{"start":0.64,"end":27.02,"text":"Well, I'm going to go in front, so I guess I'll just leave this one on the hook."},{"start":27.04,"end":27.34,"text":"That's the way."},{"start":27.76,"end":47.96,"text":"And when I come back with him and he says that, I'll pick this up."},{"start":47.98,"end":48.42,"text":"Yep, this is answered."},{"start":48.44,"end":48.82,"text":"This is a call now."},{"start":48.84,"end":49.54,"text":"And I'll just leave this line open."},{"start":49.56,"end":50.34,"text":"When I come back with him, I'll just..."},{"start":50.36,"end":51.45,"text":"I'll come back to this one and make sure I turn it on."},{"start":51.47,"end":52.25,"text":"But when I come back, I'll be with him."},{"start":52.27,"end":52.37,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":52.39,"end":52.57,"text":"Call now."},{"start":54.91,"end":81.83,"text":"Okay, we're ready now, so just put it through right away."},{"start":81.85,"end":81.95,"text":"Okay."},{"start":81.97,"end":82.47,"text":"All right, are you ready?"},{"start":83.14,"end":85.73,"text":"We'll let him in on it too, so I'll let you in one time."},{"start":85.75,"end":91.12,"text":"Oh, right away."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John V. Brennan coordinated logistics with the Camp David operator to facilitate an incoming telephone connection. The participants focused on managing the phone lines and ensuring the operator was prepared to bridge the call immediately upon the President's return to the study. The discussion was strictly operational, centering on the technical handling of communication lines for an impending conversation.","topics":["White House communications","Camp David","Logistics","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:46:13.355Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","camp-david","logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":94,"audioFiles":[{"file":"222-003.mp3","bytes":2256351,"durationSec":93.95,"bitrate":192138,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.204Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/222-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/222-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/222/conversation-222-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}