{"conversationCode":"028-040","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-040","startDateTime":"1972-08-02T13:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-02T14:25:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:33 AM","endDate":"2-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On August 2, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:25 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-040 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 28-40\n\nDate: August 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:33 am and 10:25 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 759-2A]\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell\n\nHaldeman conferred with the President.\n\n     Mitchell, Herbert Brownell\n\nThe White House operator talked with Haldeman.\n\n     Call to Mitchell\n\nThe White House operator talked with Haldeman.\n\n     Mitchell\n         -Return call\n         -Meeting with Haldeman\n               -Return call\n\nHaldeman conferred with the President.\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Walker's Cay\n\nThe White House operator talked with Haldeman.\n\n     Mitchell\n         -Secretary’s message\n               -Meeting\n                    -Return call","filename":["028-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"028-039","nextCode":"028-041","transcript":[{"start":1.21,"end":4.03,"text":"Could I have John Mitchell, please?"},{"start":4.05,"end":5.4,"text":"Yes, surely."},{"start":42.19,"end":48.52,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":58.93,"end":62.64,"text":"You're welcome."},{"start":70.25,"end":76.23,"text":"He's wanting to know if he can call you back."},{"start":76.75,"end":97.13,"text":"I did say you were in the president's office."},{"start":125.82,"end":139.81,"text":"She's come back to me again, Mr. Holliman."},{"start":140.03,"end":148.5,"text":"He said he has people in the office with him and she doesn't think he can talk to you and he said it would only be a couple of minutes when he called you back."},{"start":148.52,"end":148.62,"text":"Okay."},{"start":149.48,"end":149.68,"text":"All right?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman consulted with President Nixon regarding administrative coordination and scheduling, including a planned trip to Walker's Cay. During this time, Haldeman also attempted to facilitate a telephone conversation with John N. Mitchell. The exchange concluded with the White House operator informing Haldeman that Mitchell was currently occupied with guests and would return the call shortly.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential schedule","Walker's Cay","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:33:05.155Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","h-r-haldeman","presidential-schedule","walkers-cay","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":151,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-040.mp3","bytes":2415000,"durationSec":150.94,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.452Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}