{"conversationCode":"238-019","tapeNumber":238,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-238-019","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T17:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T18:04:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"1:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:59 pm and 1:04 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 238-019 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. 238-19\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:59 pm and 1:04 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 158-56]\n\f                                               -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["238-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"238-018","nextCode":"238-020","transcript":[{"start":3.74,"end":4.29,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The exchange was strictly logistical in nature, primarily concerning the establishment of a telephone connection. No substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","Logistics","Presidential administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:23:13.955Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","logistics","presidential-administration"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"238-019.mp3","bytes":284619,"durationSec":11.71,"bitrate":194500,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.228Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/238-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/238-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/238/conversation-238-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}