{"conversationCode":"217-003","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T00:32:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 8:32 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-003 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. 217-3\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 8:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 147-1]","filename":["217-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"217-002","nextCode":"217-004","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":1.94,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2,"end":3.61,"text":"Butterfield, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request while at Camp David, asking the operator to connect him with H.R. Haldeman’s aide, Alexander Butterfield. This exchange serves as a logistical communication intended to facilitate direct contact with White House staff. No further discussion occurs beyond the request for the connection.","topics":["Alexander Butterfield","Logistics","White House staff","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:38:24.499Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-butterfield","logistics","white-house-staff","communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-003.mp3","bytes":218800,"durationSec":9.04,"bitrate":193628,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.204Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:05.725Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}