{"conversationCode":"026-040","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-040","startDateTime":"1972-07-01T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-01T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"1-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator;","description":"On July 1, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-040 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 26-40\n\nDate: July 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 and 1:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 746-17A]\n\n     Request for a call to Clark MacGregor","filename":["026-040-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:16:57","tapeEnd":"03:17:07","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator"],"prevCode":"026-039","nextCode":"026-041","tapeTranscriptFile":"026a.mp3,026b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11973.14,"end":11973.78,"text":"This is Haldeman."},{"start":11973.8,"end":11975.1,"text":"Would you get me Clark McGregor, please?"},{"start":11975.12,"end":11976.78,"text":"He's over at 1701 somewhere."},{"start":11976.8,"end":11977.39,"text":"Oh, thank you."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11973,"end":11982.16,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Clark MacGregor. The primary purpose of this brief exchange is to initiate communication with MacGregor, who served as the chairman of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President. No further policy discussions or significant strategic decisions occur during this administrative bridge to the requested party.","topics":["Clark MacGregor","H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Committee for the Re-Election of the President"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:18:34.556Z"},"topicSlugs":["clark-macgregor","h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","committee-for-the-re-election-of-the-president"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-040-splice.mp3","bytes":194784,"durationSec":12.17,"bitrate":128009,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.979Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026b.mp3"],"cutStart":11971.5,"cutEnd":11983.66,"adjustedStart":11971.5,"adjustedEnd":11983.66,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.979Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":1,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:03.798Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-040-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}