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Conversation 131-001

TapeTape 131StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndWednesday, May 17, 1972 at 2:26 PMTape start time00:00:20Tape end time00:02:14Participants[Unknown person(s)]Recording deviceCamp David Study Table
AI Summary

Technical staff conducted a verification process to ensure the operational status and security of multiple telephone lines located at the Camp David study table. Participants coordinated a plan to have an individual named Robinson dispatch personnel to finalize these technical checks. The conversation concluded with a scheduled follow-up call to confirm that the monitoring equipment was functioning correctly across all instruments.

Camp DavidTelecommunicationsSecurityTechnical testingTelephone equipment
AudioNARA Description

Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on May 16, 1972 and 2:26 pm on May 17, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 131-1

Date: Unknown between May 16 and 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:01 am, May 16 and 2:26 pm, May 17
Location: Camp David Study Table

     A check on recording system
          -Secure telephone
          -Number
          -Location
                -Table
          -[Forename unknown] Robinson
          -Return call
                -Time
          -Call to Robinson
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

How's it going now?
Looks good.
OK. By the way, let me check something.
We'll get you on the line.
OK. You got to check something.
Then he's going to get back to me.
Yeah.
We disregarded the other phone in here.
OK.
Uh, why don't you try and call me on that one?
It's not the same thing I just did.
Just picked it up.
Oh, okay then.
You mean a secure phone up there?
No.
Uh, oh, you're on it now?
No.
There's, uh, two other, there's two instruments, you know, and we just... Yeah.
Where's the other one?
Uh, the ones over by is the easy chair there on that table.
That's smart.
Well?
Let me see.
Okay, that's okay then.
Okay?
Yeah.
Yeah, I guess I did more.
Just tying loose up there for a little bit.
Well, one way or the other, we can do the work from your end, right?
Yeah, but we just want to check it.
How about doing this?
Okay.
Call up Robinson.
Tell him to send his people over to go ahead and check it up.
You hang loose up there for a while.
In the study?
Yeah.
And, well, you can stand outside, and then in about 15 minutes give me a call.
All right, at 1230.
Okay.
All right, and that way we'll... Yeah, because, you know, there was only mention of one, you know.
Yeah.
Okay, so I'll call Robinson.
Robinson asks where we are.
We're monitoring.
Okay, fine.
All right.
Okay, we'll see you.
Bye.
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