{"conversationCode":"237-021","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-021","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T17:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T17:13:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:09 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:13 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 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-021 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. 237-21\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm\n\f                                               -10-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 237-21 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-17]","filename":["237-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-020","nextCode":"237-022","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":1.23,"text":"Woo!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge. The exchange involved no substantive policy discussions or significant administrative decisions. It functions primarily as a record of a routine administrative check-in between the President and support staff.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential communication","Administrative operations","White House Tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:18:05.043Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-communication","administrative-operations","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-021.mp3","bytes":248259,"durationSec":10.21,"bitrate":194458,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.053Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}