{"conversationCode":"204-005","tapeNumber":204,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-204-005","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T02:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:02:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"10:51 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 204-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 204-5\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-30]","filename":["204-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"204-004","nextCode":"204-006","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.62,"text":"What the f***?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief, frustrated contact with the Camp David telephone operator late in the evening. The exchange appears to stem from a technical malfunction or confusion regarding the operation of the telecommunications equipment at Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","Technical difficulties","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:19:02.923Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","technical-difficulties","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"204-005.mp3","bytes":162376,"durationSec":6.71,"bitrate":193689,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:03.660Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/204-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/204-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/204/conversation-204-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}