{"conversationCode":"226-016","tapeNumber":226,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-226-016","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T23:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:33:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 8:33 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","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. 226-16\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:24pm and 8:33 pm\n\f                                               -13-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 226-16 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 153-49]","filename":["226-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"226-015","nextCode":"226-017","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":1.74,"text":"Mr. Haller, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him with Mr. Haller. This interaction was purely functional, serving as a brief administrative request to facilitate a phone communication. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Camp David operations","Administrative requests","Haller, Mr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:57:10.077Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","camp-david-operations","administrative-requests","haller-mr"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"226-016.mp3","bytes":224067,"durationSec":9.2,"bitrate":194840,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:07.166Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/226-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/226-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/226/conversation-226-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}