{"conversationCode":"188-004","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-004","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kaye, Beverly J.;","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Beverly J. Kaye met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-004 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. 188-004\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with Beverly Kaye.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -An unknown man\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                 -Location\n\nKaye left at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.","filename":["188-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:44","tapeEnd":"00:19:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Kaye, Beverly J."],"prevCode":"188-003","nextCode":"188-005","transcript":[{"start":7.54,"end":14.68,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Beverly J. Kaye at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David to discuss logistical details regarding the President's schedule. The conversation focused on coordination concerning an unidentified male individual and his location. No further substantive actions or policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Camp David","Logistics","Beverly J. Kaye"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:45:52.243Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","camp-david","logistics","beverly-j-kaye"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-004.mp3","bytes":799138,"durationSec":19.83,"bitrate":322352,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.324Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:00.997Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}