{"conversationCode":"188-001","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-001","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:30:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:30 PM","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 met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:30 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","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. 188-001\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 5:30 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 130-1]","filename":["188-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:54","tapeEnd":"00:11:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"186-009","nextCode":"188-002","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.06,"text":"in the Hall of Completion."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study to handle routine telecommunications logistics. The brief interaction focused on facilitating necessary administrative connectivity for the President during his stay at the retreat. No substantive policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:45:35.041Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-001.mp3","bytes":169064,"durationSec":4.09,"bitrate":330326,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:00.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}