{"conversationCode":"131-028","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-028","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:22:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"11:08 AM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"11:22 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 11:08 am and 11:22 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-028 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. 131-28\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:08 am and 11:22 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator\n\n[See also Conversation No. 191-7]\n\f     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["131-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:50","tapeEnd":"02:11:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-027","nextCode":"131-029","transcript":[{"start":4.26,"end":4.74,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.78,"end":5.66,"text":"Mr. Halleman, please."},{"start":5.74,"end":6.53,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to coordinate executive communications while the President was at the presidential retreat. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","Camp David","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:22:17.728Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","camp-david","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-028.mp3","bytes":304917,"durationSec":7.49,"bitrate":325573,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}