{"conversationCode":"136-018","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-018","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T14:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:15 AM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:52 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-018 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. 136-18\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\n\nTime: Unknown between 10:15 and 10:52 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 196-1]\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson","filename":["136-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:57","tapeEnd":"00:53:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-017","nextCode":"136-019","transcript":[{"start":3.1,"end":3.72,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.74,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the Camp David operator to request a connection with Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a logistical request to facilitate direct communication with his special counsel. No substantive policy matters or further details are discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communications","Logistics","Presidential administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:32:59.169Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communications","logistics","presidential-administration"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-018.mp3","bytes":251483,"durationSec":6.15,"bitrate":326988,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:53.448Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}