{"conversationCode":"189-024","tapeNumber":189,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-189-024","startDateTime":"1972-05-17T19:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-17T19:02:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1972","startTime":"3:01 PM","endDate":"17-May-1972","endTime":"3:02 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 3:01 pm and 3:02 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 189-024 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. 189-24\n\nDate: May 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 3:02 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 131-41]","filename":["189-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:22","tapeEnd":"01:47:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"189-023","nextCode":"189-025","transcript":[{"start":4.44,"end":6.47,"text":"Hey, Mr. Mitchell, please."},{"start":6.61,"end":7.25,"text":"John Mitchell."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the Camp David operator to be connected with John Mitchell. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with the former Attorney General. No substantive policy matters or further details were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["John Mitchell","Presidential communication","Logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:49:05.440Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-mitchell","presidential-communication","logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"189-024.mp3","bytes":420885,"durationSec":10.39,"bitrate":324141,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.573Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/189-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/189-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/189/conversation-189-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}