{"conversationCode":"031-142","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-142","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T18:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T20:09:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:38 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 4:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-142 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. 31-142\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:38 pm and 4:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 370-9A]\n\n        Requested for a call to John D. Ehrlichman\n           -Location\n                -Ronald L. Ziegler’s office\n\nThe President conferred with Charles W. Colson at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 4:09\npm.\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nHaldeman talked with Ehrlichman at an unknown time between 2:38 pm and 4:09 pm.\n\n        Schedule\n            -Forthcoming meeting\n                -Camp David dinner","filename":["031-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Colson, Charles W.","Ehrlichman, John D.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Colson, Charles W.","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"031-141","nextCode":"031-143","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":4.25,"text":"I want to get Erlichman."},{"start":4.27,"end":6.49,"text":"I think he's in Ron Ziegler's office."},{"start":6.54,"end":18.92,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":34.67,"end":49.56,"text":"They're getting him, sir."},{"start":49.6,"end":60.53,"text":"There you are."},{"start":60.76,"end":63.79,"text":"The meeting today is wherever you want to have it."},{"start":63.81,"end":64.03,"text":"Here."},{"start":64.33,"end":64.63,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":64.65,"end":64.93,"text":"All right."},{"start":65.07,"end":68.72,"text":"And then he wants the group to come up for dinner to Camp David."},{"start":68.74,"end":69,"text":"All right."},{"start":69.12,"end":69.78,"text":"Tomorrow night."},{"start":69.92,"end":70.21,"text":"Fine."},{"start":70.39,"end":73.57,"text":"And then back down so that they can brief Saturday morning."},{"start":73.85,"end":74.33,"text":"All right."},{"start":74.5,"end":74.7,"text":"Good."},{"start":75.24,"end":77.36,"text":"On the Friday night meeting."},{"start":77.44,"end":77.82,"text":"All right."},{"start":77.84,"end":78.27,"text":"Should I do it?"},{"start":78.28,"end":78.47,"text":"Yep."},{"start":78.77,"end":79.13,"text":"Okay."},{"start":79.57,"end":79.77,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, Charles Colson, and John Ehrlichman coordinated logistics for upcoming administrative meetings. The participants finalized the scheduling of a briefing at the White House followed by a retreat at Camp David. The discussion concluded with the President authorizing Haldeman to proceed with the arrangements for these high-level sessions.","topics":["Camp David","Scheduling","White House logistics","Administration briefings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:59:05.048Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","scheduling","white-house-logistics","administration-briefings"],"audioDurationSec":85,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-142.mp3","bytes":2043819,"durationSec":85.11,"bitrate":192118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.113Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}