{"conversationCode":"130-006","tapeNumber":130,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-130-006","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:56:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:56 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 5:55 pm to 5:56 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 130-006 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. 130-6\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 5:55 pm - 5:56 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 188-8]\n\n     President's trip to Soviet Union\n           -Editorial comments\n                 -Preparation by Monday magazine","filename":["130-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:08","tapeEnd":"00:06:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"130-005","nextCode":"130-007","transcript":[{"start":4.22,"end":4.42,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.49,"end":13.39,"text":"I think it might be well if Monday, I'm just looking at some of this editorial stuff, got out one of its businesses of editorial comment."},{"start":13.41,"end":13.75,"text":"They are."},{"start":13.77,"end":20.52,"text":"It's already... And you see there's some excellent lines like the finest hour and guts and some of that stuff."},{"start":20.54,"end":21.46,"text":"Have they got some of that too?"},{"start":21.56,"end":21.72,"text":"Yep."},{"start":21.96,"end":22.54,"text":"It's in print."},{"start":22.88,"end":23.38,"text":"Good."},{"start":23.4,"end":23.7,"text":"Okay."},{"start":23.72,"end":25.6,"text":"It's out yet, but it's at the print."},{"start":25.66,"end":28.63,"text":"I think because people like to know, they'd be reassured that they're on the right side."},{"start":28.73,"end":29.25,"text":"Absolutely."},{"start":29.27,"end":29.51,"text":"All right."},{"start":29.53,"end":29.71,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.79,"end":30.49,"text":"They're doing it."},{"start":30.61,"end":30.97,"text":"Fine."},{"start":30.99,"end":31.25,"text":"Okay."},{"start":31.37,"end":31.63,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated the public messaging strategy regarding the President’s upcoming trip to the Soviet Union. They discussed the inclusion of specific, favorable editorial themes in the publication 'Monday' to reassure the public of the administration's foreign policy positioning. Haldeman confirmed that these materials, featuring strong rhetoric, were already being finalized for print.","topics":["Soviet Union summit","Public relations","Editorial strategy","Monday magazine","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:19:26.318Z"},"topicSlugs":["soviet-union-summit","public-relations","editorial-strategy","monday-magazine","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"130-006.mp3","bytes":1336215,"durationSec":33.28,"bitrate":321223,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/130-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/130/conversation-130-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}