{"conversationCode":"233-016","tapeNumber":233,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-233-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T21:40:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:31 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 233-016 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. 233-016\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 157-10]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["233-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"233-015","nextCode":"233-017","transcript":[{"start":5.5,"end":30.12,"text":"operator would you check and see whether I think both Secretary Blair and Secretary Rogers are in NATO I don't want to talk to either of them I just want to know where they are would you check and call me back the NSC staff will know what do you think"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the Camp David operator to confirm the current whereabouts of Secretary of Defense David Packard and Secretary of State William Rogers. He specifically requested that the operator verify their attendance at a NATO meeting through the National Security Council staff. The President explicitly noted that he did not intend to speak with either official, seeking only to track their locations.","topics":["William Rogers","David Packard","NATO","National Security Council","Personnel tracking"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:11:07.833Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-rogers","david-packard","nato","national-security-council","personnel-tracking"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"233-016.mp3","bytes":1210828,"durationSec":30.13,"bitrate":321489,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:08.384Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/233-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/233-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/233/conversation-233-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}