{"conversationCode":"188-005","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-005","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); 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 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-005 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. 188-005\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 5:44 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 130-3]","filename":["188-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:31","tapeEnd":"00:19:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"188-004","nextCode":"188-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.81,"text":"It's not in place."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with a Camp David operator to address an issue regarding a missing or improperly positioned communication link. The discussion centered on the status of a specific wire or equipment connection that was not currently functional. No broader policy or administrative developments resulted from this brief exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Communications","Technical support","White House infrastructure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:45:57.775Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","communications","technical-support","white-house-infrastructure"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-005.mp3","bytes":103236,"durationSec":2.46,"bitrate":336409,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}