{"conversationCode":"130-005","tapeNumber":130,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-130-005","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:45 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:55 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 5:45 pm and 5:55 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 130-005 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. 130-5\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:55 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 188-7]\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["130-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:58","tapeEnd":"00:06:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"130-004","nextCode":"130-006","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":3.27,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.33,"end":4.11,"text":"Harleman, please."},{"start":4.15,"end":5,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters or strategic discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communication","Logistics","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:19:20.770Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","logistics","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"130-005.mp3","bytes":235938,"durationSec":5.76,"bitrate":327911,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/130-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/130/conversation-130-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}