{"conversationCode":"131-026","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-026","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T14:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"10:33 AM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"10:58 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 10:33 am and 10:58 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-026 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. 131-26\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:33 am and 10:58 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 191-4]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["131-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:57","tapeEnd":"02:02:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-025","nextCode":"131-027","transcript":[{"start":2.49,"end":3.4,"text":"Parliament please."},{"start":3.44,"end":4.24,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with his key advisor during his stay at the presidential retreat. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Camp David","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:22:06.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","camp-david","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-026.mp3","bytes":247448,"durationSec":6.06,"bitrate":326689,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}