{"conversationCode":"130-003","tapeNumber":130,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-130-003","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 130-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 130-3\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 188-5]\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["130-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:53","tapeEnd":"00:05:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"130-002","nextCode":"130-004","transcript":[{"start":3.82,"end":4.75,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":4.84,"end":5.61,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request with the Camp David operator to connect him with H. R. Haldeman. This administrative interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate further communication between the President and his Chief of Staff. No policy discussions occur during this short exchange, as it is strictly a request for assistance in establishing a line of communication.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Administrative logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:19:09.512Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"130-003.mp3","bytes":258926,"durationSec":6.34,"bitrate":326867,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/130-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/130/conversation-130-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}