{"conversationCode":"237-026","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-026","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:06:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:06 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 5:06 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-026 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. 237-26\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: 5:06 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-20]","filename":["237-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-025","nextCode":"237-027","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":3.11,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.48,"end":9.07,"text":"Oh, just anything further today?"},{"start":9.09,"end":9.41,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":9.43,"end":17.11,"text":"Oh, you didn't get it."},{"start":17.13,"end":17.31,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":17.33,"end":17.71,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":17.73,"end":18.13,"text":"Don't bother crying."},{"start":18.15,"end":18.63,"text":"I'm kidding you, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal check-in with the Camp David operator to inquire about the status of any incoming messages or pending items. The conversation remained casual and lighthearted, involving no substantive policy discussions or significant presidential decisions. No further actions were requested by the President during this exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential communication","Administrative check-in","Informal exchange"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:18:33.479Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-communication","administrative-check-in","informal-exchange"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-026.mp3","bytes":628762,"durationSec":26.05,"bitrate":193069,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}