{"conversationCode":"131-005","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-005","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T15:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"11:09 AM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"2:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 2:26 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-005 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. 131-5\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:09 am and 2:26 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator\n\n[See also Conversation No. 189-16]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["131-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:51","tapeEnd":"00:04:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-004","nextCode":"131-006","transcript":[{"start":1.76,"end":3.01,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.03,"end":3.88,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served as an essential operational step for the President to coordinate executive communications while stationed at the presidential retreat. No policy decisions or substantive matters were discussed during this brief request.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","Camp David","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:20:10.134Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","camp-david","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-005.mp3","bytes":216101,"durationSec":5.26,"bitrate":328599,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}