{"conversationCode":"131-018","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T23:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T23:44:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"7:44 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"7:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 7:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-018 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. 131-18\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: 7:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator\n\n[See also Conversation No. 190-9]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["131-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:54","tapeEnd":"01:01:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-017","nextCode":"131-019","transcript":[{"start":4.77,"end":5.33,"text":"Pardon me, sir?"},{"start":5.54,"end":5.92,"text":"Ziegler."},{"start":6.24,"end":6.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to initiate a phone call. No further substantive policy matters or discussions were captured during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication","Camp David","White House Staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:22.626Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communication","camp-david","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-018.mp3","bytes":338354,"durationSec":8.33,"bitrate":324894,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}