{"conversationCode":"131-024","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-024","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T14:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T14:10:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"10:05 AM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"10:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:10 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-024 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. 131-24\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:10 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 191-2]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["131-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:39:07","tapeEnd":"01:39:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-023","nextCode":"131-025","transcript":[{"start":3.51,"end":4.25,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":4.42,"end":5.18,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The call served purely as a logistical request to bridge the President to his aide. No substantive policy matters or further developments were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Logistics","Communications","Presidential aides"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:21:55.588Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","logistics","communications","presidential-aides"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-024.mp3","bytes":248493,"durationSec":6.06,"bitrate":327940,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}