{"conversationCode":"243-011","tapeNumber":243,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-243-011","startDateTime":"1973-02-24T21:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-24T23:10:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Feb-1973","startTime":"4:57 PM","endDate":"24-Feb-1973","endTime":"6:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On February 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 6:10 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 243-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 243-11\n\nDate: February 24, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:57 pm and 6:10 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 162-7]\n\n       Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["243-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"243-010","nextCode":"243-012","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":1.91,"text":"You try not to guess too now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This administrative interaction was necessary to establish secure communication between the President and his advisor while Nixon was working from the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Telecommunications","Camp David","White House Operations","Executive Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:29:15.201Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","telecommunications","camp-david","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"243-011.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":11.96,"bitrate":42466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/243-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/243-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/243/conversation-243-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}