{"conversationCode":"189-016","tapeNumber":189,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-189-016","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T15:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"11:09 AM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"2:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 2:26 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 189-016 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. 189-16\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:09 am and 2:26 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     [See Conversation No. 131-5]","filename":["189-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:29:57","tapeEnd":"01:30:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"189-015","nextCode":"189-017","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":0.9,"text":"Following, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step for the President to initiate further communication through the camp's switchboard. No significant policy decisions were reached during this exchange, which functioned primarily as a routine telecommunications task.","topics":["Presidential Communications","Logistics","Camp David","Telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:48:20.855Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","logistics","camp-david","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"189-016.mp3","bytes":148167,"durationSec":3.56,"bitrate":332946,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.324Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/189-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/189-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/189/conversation-189-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}