{"conversationCode":"032-048","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-048","startDateTime":"1972-10-26T14:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-26T15:04:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:01 AM","endDate":"26-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:04 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Chapin, Dwight L.;","description":"On October 26, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 11:04 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-048 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. 032-048\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: October 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:01 am and 11:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for a call to Dwight L. Chapin.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/02/2018.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[032-048-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 49s]\n\nHaldeman talked with Chapin at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.\n\n       The President's campaign schedule\n\n       Trip to West Virginia\n               -Governor Arch Moore\n               -Helicopter\n               -The President's plane\n\n        [End of conferral]\n\nH.R. Haldeman talked with Chapin at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm.\n\n[See conversation No. 375-5D]\n\n       The President's trip to West Virginia\n              -Airport in Huntington\n                      -Distance from Ashland, Kentucky\n\nChapin conferred with Ronald L. Ziegler at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16 pm\n\n        Press plane\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n        [End of conferral]\n\n       The President's trip to West Virginia\n              -Takeoff from West Virginia\n              -Call to Governor Moore\n                      -Presence in Huntington\n                      -Send a chopper\n\nThe President conferred with H.R. Haldeman at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:16\npm\n\n        Clark MacGregor\n\n        [End of conferral]\n\n       The President's trip to West Virginia\n              -MacGregor's call to Moore\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["032-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Chapin, Dwight L."],"prevCode":"032-047","nextCode":"032-049","transcript":[{"start":4.05,"end":5.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman initiated a telephone call to Dwight L. Chapin via the White House operator to facilitate a direct conversation. Due to the withdrawal of the recorded audio for personal reasons, no specific policy or political topics are available for analysis. The primary action item was the successful establishment of a line of communication between the two senior staff members.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Dwight L. Chapin","White House communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:04:30.896Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","dwight-l-chapin","white-house-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-048.mp3","bytes":473964,"durationSec":19.68,"bitrate":192668,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}