{"conversationCode":"131-017","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-017","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T23:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T23:44:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"7:33 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"7:44 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 7:33 pm and 7:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-017 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. 131-17\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:33 pm and 7:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 190-8]\n\n     Charles W. Colson\n          -Location\n          -Return call","filename":["131-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:38","tapeEnd":"01:00:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-016","nextCode":"131-018","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":1.29,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.63,"end":2.01,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.07,"end":4.09,"text":"We've left word at Mr. Coulson's residence."},{"start":4.11,"end":5.61,"text":"He's en route at the present time."},{"start":5.63,"end":6.75,"text":"Right."},{"start":7.08,"end":8.08,"text":"Right."},{"start":8.88,"end":9.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":9.58,"end":10.06,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":10.12,"end":13.68,"text":"Let's try... That's right."},{"start":13.98,"end":14.79,"text":"Nothing right now."},{"start":14.96,"end":15.37,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to facilitate urgent contact with Charles W. Colson. The operator confirmed that a message had been left at Colson's residence and that he was currently en route. No further actions or substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:17.104Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-017.mp3","bytes":664362,"durationSec":16.47,"bitrate":322731,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}