{"conversationCode":"131-042","tapeNumber":131,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-131-042","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T21:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T21:48:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"5:30 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"5:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:48 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 131-042 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. 131-42\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:30 pm and 5:48 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 190-2]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["131-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:03","tapeEnd":"00:51:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"131-041","nextCode":"132-001","transcript":[{"start":3.62,"end":4.04,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.92,"end":7.04,"text":"Would you get me Mr. Haig, please?"},{"start":7.22,"end":7.81,"text":"General Haig."},{"start":8.11,"end":9.15,"text":"I sure will, Mr. President."},{"start":9.17,"end":9.39,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish a telephone connection between the President and his deputy assistant for national security affairs. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","Communications","Presidential logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:23:36.635Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","communications","presidential-logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"131-042.mp3","bytes":416721,"durationSec":10.27,"bitrate":324617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/131-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/131-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/131/conversation-131-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}