{"conversationCode":"226-021","tapeNumber":226,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-226-021","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:53:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:47 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:53 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 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-021 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. 226-21\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 153-54]","filename":["226-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"226-020","nextCode":"226-022","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":4.25,"text":"Call me."},{"start":4.27,"end":4.67,"text":"He's in Los Angeles."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the Camp David operator to establish a telephone connection. The conversation centers on the operator informing the President that the intended recipient of the call is currently located in Los Angeles. This interaction serves as a functional logistics check to facilitate communication with a specific individual.","topics":["Telecommunications","Logistics","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:57:36.540Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"226-021.mp3","bytes":254789,"durationSec":10.48,"bitrate":194495,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/226-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/226-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/226/conversation-226-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}