{"conversationCode":"206-005","tapeNumber":206,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-206-005","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T11:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-20T13:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"7:45 AM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-005 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. 206-5\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-46]","filename":["206-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"206-004","nextCode":"206-006","transcript":[{"start":7.84,"end":8.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief administrative exchange with a Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The conversation served as a functional interaction to manage the President's telecommunications from the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were addressed during this brief communication.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:22:14.421Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"206-005.mp3","bytes":280240,"durationSec":11.61,"bitrate":193047,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/206-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/206/conversation-206-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}