{"conversationCode":"131-035","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-035","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:42:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"11:42 AM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"11:42 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 11:42 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-035 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. 131-35\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:42 am and 11:44 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 191-14]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["131-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:21:45","tapeEnd":"02:21:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-034","nextCode":"131-036","transcript":[{"start":3.55,"end":4.64,"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 precursor to a higher-level discussion between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:22:56.438Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-035.mp3","bytes":262076,"durationSec":6.42,"bitrate":326537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}