{"conversationCode":"131-020","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-020","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T00:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T00:35:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"8:20 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"8:35 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 8:20 pm and 8:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-020 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. 131-20\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:20 pm and 8:35 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 190-11]\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler\n          -Call cancelled\n          -Return call\n                -Time","filename":["131-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:11","tapeEnd":"01:32:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-019","nextCode":"131-021","transcript":[{"start":0.53,"end":0.97,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.27,"end":3.27,"text":"I had a call with Ziegler, but you can cancel it."},{"start":3.35,"end":3.63,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.07,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":4.11,"end":6.03,"text":"He has been calling in regularly."},{"start":6.05,"end":6.97,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.21,"end":7.85,"text":"I'll take it then."},{"start":8.11,"end":8.49,"text":"Okay."},{"start":8.57,"end":10.44,"text":"He should be calling back in about five minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to cancel an existing call with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. However, after confirming the frequency of Ziegler's outreach, Nixon reversed his decision and agreed to accept the communication. The operator confirmed the call would be reconnected within approximately five minutes.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Communication management","Camp David","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:34.170Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","communication-management","camp-david","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-020.mp3","bytes":484640,"durationSec":11.97,"bitrate":324023,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}