{"conversationCode":"165-018","tapeNumber":165,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-165-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-12T16:37:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1973","startTime":"12:36 PM","endDate":"12-May-1973","endTime":"12:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 165-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 165-18\n\nDate: May 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 12:37 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["165-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"165-017","nextCode":"165-019","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":5.23,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.53,"end":7.98,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to White House Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with his staff while he was working from the Camp David retreat. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief connection phase.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Camp David","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:26:04.890Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","camp-david","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"165-018.mp3","bytes":323584,"durationSec":10.03,"bitrate":258178,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.713Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/165-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/165-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/165/conversation-165-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}