{"conversationCode":"131-009","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-009","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:42:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"2:42 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 2:40 pm and 2:42 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-009 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. 131-9\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 2:42 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 189-20]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["131-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:02","tapeEnd":"00:19:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-008","nextCode":"131-010","transcript":[{"start":2.76,"end":4.33,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":4.39,"end":5.28,"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 interaction served solely as an administrative request to bridge communication between the President and a key advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during the exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:20:33.172Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-009.mp3","bytes":263121,"durationSec":6.43,"bitrate":327493,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}