{"conversationCode":"240-005","tapeNumber":240,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-240-005","startDateTime":"1973-01-06T19:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-06T20:39:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:59 PM","endDate":"6-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 240-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 240-5\n\nDate: January 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 160-14]","filename":["240-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"240-004","nextCode":"240-006","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":2.53,"text":"Here's general aid."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange focused exclusively on establishing the administrative link required for the President to place a call from the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this technical interaction.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","White House Operations","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:25:39.976Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","white-house-operations","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"240-005.mp3","bytes":235092,"durationSec":9.64,"bitrate":195097,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/240-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/240-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/240/conversation-240-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}