{"conversationCode":"237-012","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-012","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T16:23:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:06 AM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:23 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 11:06 am and 11:23 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-012 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. 237-12\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:06 am and 11:23 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-7]","filename":["237-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-011","nextCode":"237-013","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":2.41,"text":"Doctor, can I sit here please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with the Camp David telephone operator while situated in the Aspen Lodge study. The brief exchange primarily involved the President requesting permission to utilize a specific seating area. No substantive policy matters or major administrative decisions were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential logistics","Communication protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:17:15.764Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-logistics","communication-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-012.mp3","bytes":222554,"durationSec":9.13,"bitrate":194937,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.206Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}