{"conversationCode":"167-026","tapeNumber":167,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-167-026","startDateTime":"1973-05-20T20:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-20T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1973","startTime":"4:21 PM","endDate":"20-May-1973","endTime":"5:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:21 pm and 5:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-026 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. 167-26\n\nDate: May 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:21 pm and 5:30 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["167-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"167-025","nextCode":"167-027","transcript":[{"start":3.69,"end":5.03,"text":"Try Mr. Haldeman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the Camp David operator to connect him with his former Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The call serves as a routine communication attempt to reach a key advisor during the President's stay at the retreat. No substantive policy matters were discussed, as the interaction was limited to the placement of the telephone connection.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Camp David","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:31:08.535Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","camp-david","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"167-026.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.03,"bitrate":258838,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/167-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/167/conversation-167-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}