{"conversationCode":"189-018","tapeNumber":189,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-189-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T18:36:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"2:36 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 2:35 pm and 2:36 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 189-018 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. 189-18\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 2:36 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 131-7]","filename":["189-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:36:08","tapeEnd":"01:36:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"189-017","nextCode":"189-019","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":3.41,"text":"Dr. Dukash, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to request that the operator place a call to a Dr. Dukash. No other substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","Dr. Dukash","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:48:32.468Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","dr-dukash","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"189-018.mp3","bytes":253701,"durationSec":6.2,"bitrate":327350,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/189-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/189-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/189/conversation-189-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}