{"conversationCode":"222-008","tapeNumber":222,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-222-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-30T15:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-30T15:33:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:25 AM","endDate":"30-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:25 am and 10:33 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 222-008 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. 222-8\n\nDate: October 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:25 am and 10:33 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 152-4]","filename":["222-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"222-007","nextCode":"222-009","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":3.29,"text":"Dr. Kester, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the Camp David operator to connect a telephone call to Dr. Kester. The exchange serves solely as a logistical communication to facilitate further outreach. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Presidential communications","Logistics","Dr. Kester","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:46:40.377Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","logistics","dr-kester","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"222-008.mp3","bytes":249520,"durationSec":10.32,"bitrate":193426,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:06.483Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/222-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/222-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/222/conversation-222-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}