{"conversationCode":"131-021","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-021","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T11:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T11:46:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"7:46 AM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"7:46 AM","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 7:46 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-021 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. 131-21\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 7:46 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 190-13]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["131-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:23","tapeEnd":"01:32:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-020","nextCode":"131-022","transcript":[{"start":4.9,"end":5.3,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.5,"end":7.49,"text":"Try General Higg, please."},{"start":7.75,"end":8.49,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a communication link with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to place a telephone call to the General. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this administrative interaction.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","White House communications","Presidential logistics","Camp David operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:39.289Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","camp-david-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-021.mp3","bytes":403138,"durationSec":9.95,"bitrate":324108,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}