{"conversationCode":"237-018","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-018","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T16:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T17:01:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:59 AM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:01 PM","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 11:59 am and 12:01 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-018 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. 237-18\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:59 am and 12:01 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-14]","filename":["237-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-017","nextCode":"237-019","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":2.55,"text":"This video was made possible by..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David switchboard operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction served a purely administrative purpose regarding telephonic logistics at the retreat. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:17:48.944Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-018.mp3","bytes":216912,"durationSec":8.91,"bitrate":194831,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}