{"conversationCode":"237-009","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-009","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T15:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:48 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-009 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. 237-9\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:48 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-5]","filename":["237-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-008","nextCode":"237-010","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":1.55,"text":"Colonel Kennedy, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request through the Camp David operator to be connected with Colonel Kennedy. This interaction serves purely as a functional logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a specific staff member. No policy discussions or substantive administrative developments occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Camp David operations","Colonel Kennedy","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:16:59.176Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","camp-david-operations","colonel-kennedy","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-009.mp3","bytes":217536,"durationSec":8.93,"bitrate":194808,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}