{"conversationCode":"233-004","tapeNumber":233,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-233-004","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T02:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T03:05:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:39 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 233-004 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. 233-004\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 157-3]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["233-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"233-003","nextCode":"233-005","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":7.27,"text":"Close the doors."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a communication request while staying at the Aspen Lodge at Camp David. The President directs the Camp David operator to establish a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction serves solely to facilitate a private consultation between the President and a key advisor.","topics":["Presidential communications","Charles W. Colson","Camp David","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:10:01.318Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","charles-w-colson","camp-david","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"233-004.mp3","bytes":294452,"durationSec":7.23,"bitrate":325607,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:08.382Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/233-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/233-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/233/conversation-233-004","catalogNaId":417174751,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417174751","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}