{"conversationCode":"131-022","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-022","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T11:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T11:50:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"7:50 AM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"7:50 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 7:50 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-022 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. 131-22\n\fDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 7:50 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n     Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n          -Location\n          -Return call\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Call\n                -Location\n                -Return call","filename":["131-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:33","tapeEnd":"01:33:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-021","nextCode":"131-023","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":1.86,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.88,"end":4.04,"text":"Mr. President, General Haig's en route to his office."},{"start":4.18,"end":5.62,"text":"Could he call you when he arrives there?"},{"start":7.94,"end":9.14,"text":"Yeah, I'll tell you."},{"start":9.22,"end":12,"text":"I'll call him back because I think I'll have somebody here by then."},{"start":12.74,"end":13.3,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":13.35,"end":13.69,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":13.9,"end":14.4,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":14.51,"end":24.25,"text":"Let me talk to Mr. Haldeman, but don't get Haldeman unless he's at his office."},{"start":24.27,"end":27.11,"text":"In other words, if he's not at his office, just don't bother returning the call."},{"start":27.55,"end":27.71,"text":"Fine."},{"start":27.85,"end":28.61,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated morning communications with the Camp David operator to facilitate administrative outreach. He requested that General Alexander Haig return his call upon arriving at the office and instructed the operator to reach H.R. Haldeman only if he were already available at his desk. This brief exchange served to organize the President’s schedule for urgent internal staff consultations.","topics":["White House administration","Alexander Haig","H.R. Haldeman","Scheduling","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:44.651Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","alexander-haig","h-r-haldeman","scheduling","communications"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-022.mp3","bytes":1200395,"durationSec":29.86,"bitrate":321568,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}