{"conversationCode":"130-004","tapeNumber":130,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-130-004","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:44 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:44 pm to 5:45 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 130-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 130-4\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 5:44 pm - 5:45 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 188-6]\n\n     Replies to VIP's\n\n     Byrd Amendment\n          -Letters to President's supporters\n                -Clark MacGregor\n          -Calls from President","filename":["130-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:00","tapeEnd":"00:05:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"130-003","nextCode":"130-005","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":2.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.92,"end":6.35,"text":"I just wanted to be sure that something was underway to reply to the"},{"start":7.7,"end":35.8,"text":"uh to the vips on the uh the letters and wires and so forth are we doing something on that or are we not trying to we are going to yes yeah i see that you know there are some that will expect replies the vips particularly and right the others should all get them that'll all be cleaned up right well yes so it's underway the second point is i wonder if one-liners ought to go to that 47 that voted with us on that bird amendment uh speak yeah i think they should speak to clark you can say jim i"},{"start":37.09,"end":42.43,"text":"I want you to know, I mean, how much I appreciated your vote on the Byrd Amendment."},{"start":45.37,"end":46.19,"text":"Well, I don't know."},{"start":46.73,"end":48.02,"text":"Let me check with Crockett."},{"start":48.4,"end":48.78,"text":"Maybe not."},{"start":48.84,"end":49.6,"text":"Maybe we don't want him to."},{"start":49.9,"end":52.62,"text":"Well, the point is some of them weren't doing it to be with us."},{"start":52.64,"end":52.96,"text":"Right, right."},{"start":53.02,"end":53.56,"text":"Okay, skip it."},{"start":53.76,"end":54.26,"text":"Let's skip it."},{"start":54.28,"end":55.2,"text":"I called a couple of them."},{"start":55.22,"end":55.68,"text":"That's enough."},{"start":55.9,"end":56.2,"text":"Okay."},{"start":56.46,"end":56.74,"text":"Okay."},{"start":56.96,"end":57.24,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding the administration's outreach strategy following a recent legislative vote. Nixon inquired about the status of replies to correspondence from VIP supporters and proposed sending personalized 'one-liner' acknowledgments to the 47 senators who voted in favor of the Byrd Amendment. Upon reflection, they collectively decided to abandon the direct outreach to the senators, opting instead to rely on the personal calls Nixon had already initiated.","topics":["Byrd Amendment","Legislative strategy","VIP correspondence","Political outreach","Clark MacGregor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:19:15.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["byrd-amendment","legislative-strategy","vip-correspondence","political-outreach","clark-macgregor"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"130-004.mp3","bytes":2346632,"durationSec":58.52,"bitrate":320806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/130-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/130/conversation-130-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}