{"conversationCode":"217-005","tapeNumber":217,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-217-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-07T00:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-07T00:40:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:35 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:40 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 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-005 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. 217-5\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 147-3]","filename":["217-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"217-004","nextCode":"217-006","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":8.89,"text":"culture, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request assistance with his telecommunications at the Aspen Lodge. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection to a specific cultural or media broadcast. No significant policy decisions or substantive political discussions occurred during this technical support interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","Presidential logistics","Aspen Lodge"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:38:35.828Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","presidential-logistics","aspen-lodge"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"217-005.mp3","bytes":213785,"durationSec":8.85,"bitrate":193179,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.865Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/217-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/217/conversation-217-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}