{"conversationCode":"237-039","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-039","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T00:02:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:52 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:02 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 6:52 pm and 7:02 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-039 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. 237-39\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:52 pm and 7:02 pm\n\f                                               -17-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 237-39 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-31]","filename":["237-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"237-038","nextCode":"237-040","transcript":[{"start":2.53,"end":11.91,"text":"Alex Johnson of the State Department, please."},{"start":11.93,"end":12.69,"text":"Alex Johnson of the State Department."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him with U. Alexis Johnson of the State Department. This brief administrative exchange served as an attempt to establish direct communication with the senior diplomat. No further substantive discussion or policy developments occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["U. Alexis Johnson","State Department","telecommunications","presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:19:48.141Z"},"topicSlugs":["u-alexis-johnson","state-department","telecommunications","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-039.mp3","bytes":425678,"durationSec":17.6,"bitrate":193490,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.206Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.056Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}