{"conversationCode":"131-037","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-037","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"11:45 AM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"11:48 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 11:45 am and 11:48 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-037 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. 131-37\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:45 am and 11:48 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 191-16]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["131-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:22:56","tapeEnd":"02:23:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-036","nextCode":"131-038","transcript":[{"start":3.9,"end":4.27,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":5.47,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":6.47,"end":7.28,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David switchboard operator to facilitate a personal phone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely to request that the operator connect the President to his wife. No substantive political or administrative matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Camp David","Personal communication","White House switchboard"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:23:07.492Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","camp-david","personal-communication","white-house-switchboard"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-037.mp3","bytes":380150,"durationSec":9.36,"bitrate":324852,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}