{"conversationCode":"130-008","tapeNumber":130,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-130-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-20T03:59:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:56 PM","endDate":"19-May-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator; McLenden, Kenneth T.; Mahaffey, Robert;","description":"Unknown person(s), Camp David operator, Kenneth T. McLenden, and Robert Mahaffey talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 5:56 pm on May 18, 1972 and 11:59 pm on May 19, 1972. 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[?] McLenden at an unknown time.\n\n     Call to Robert Mahaffey [?]\n\nMahaffey [?] talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.\n\n     Nancy's schedule\n         -Chief\n         -Conrad [Surname unknown]","filename":["130-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:20","tapeEnd":"00:09:30","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]","Camp David Operator","McLenden, Kenneth T.","Mahaffey, Robert"],"prevCode":"130-007","nextCode":"130-009","transcript":[{"start":4.9,"end":6.08,"text":"May I be in the office, please?"},{"start":6.68,"end":7.08,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":7.18,"end":7.56,"text":"Thanks."},{"start":8.48,"end":13.95,"text":"Camp Hockey, McClendon speaking, sir."},{"start":14.07,"end":14.51,"text":"Yes, Chief."},{"start":14.65,"end":15.41,"text":"Is Matthew there now?"},{"start":15.77,"end":16.19,"text":"Sure is."},{"start":16.41,"end":16.69,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":16.71,"end":17.63,"text":"Can I speak with him?"},{"start":17.65,"end":18.17,"text":"Sure, hold on."},{"start":18.23,"end":22.17,"text":"Thanks."},{"start":23.41,"end":24.4,"text":"Yes, Bill."},{"start":24.48,"end":24.82,"text":"Robert."},{"start":25.68,"end":25.92,"text":"Yes."},{"start":26.36,"end":27.92,"text":"Yeah, about Sunday."},{"start":28.06,"end":28.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":28.84,"end":31.9,"text":"Yeah, I, uh, Chief has told me I can go home if I want to."},{"start":33.2,"end":38.12,"text":"So I think I might take the weekend off if you would feel that was unkind to you."},{"start":38.38,"end":38.88,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":40.34,"end":42.18,"text":"You know, I don't get home very often."},{"start":42.36,"end":42.84,"text":"That's right."},{"start":43.36,"end":44.5,"text":"What do you have today?"},{"start":44.52,"end":46.3,"text":"Happy back Monday?"},{"start":46.69,"end":47.75,"text":"Happy back Tuesday."},{"start":48.75,"end":49.81,"text":"Oh, yeah, I'll go."},{"start":50.03,"end":52.17,"text":"So if you don't mind, I think I'll go ahead."},{"start":52.19,"end":53.53,"text":"No, we'll catch you later then on that."},{"start":53.79,"end":54.13,"text":"Okay."},{"start":54.33,"end":54.83,"text":"Very good."},{"start":54.91,"end":55.47,"text":"Okay."},{"start":55.59,"end":56.51,"text":"I'd like to tell..."},{"start":57.65,"end":58.43,"text":"What's his first name?"},{"start":58.49,"end":59.33,"text":"I never knew his first name."},{"start":59.35,"end":59.63,"text":"Conrad?"},{"start":59.91,"end":61.48,"text":"Conrad, yeah."},{"start":61.52,"end":63.02,"text":"Tell him that I missed him."},{"start":63.26,"end":63.56,"text":"Okay."},{"start":63.86,"end":65.87,"text":"And I'll see him down at the yacht sometime."},{"start":66.13,"end":66.39,"text":"Okay."},{"start":66.59,"end":67.11,"text":"All right."},{"start":67.13,"end":67.73,"text":"Have a nice weekend."},{"start":67.89,"end":68.17,"text":"Bye-bye."},{"start":68.29,"end":68.45,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Administrative staff members, including Robert Mahaffey and Kenneth T. McLenden, coordinate logistical details regarding staffing schedules and weekend leave from Camp David. The participants discuss an individual's intent to return home for the weekend, confirming that the Chief has approved his absence. The conversation concludes with a request to pass along a message to an associate named Conrad regarding upcoming social plans at the yacht.","topics":["Camp David administration","personnel scheduling","leave requests","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:19:37.250Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david-administration","personnel-scheduling","leave-requests","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"130-008.mp3","bytes":2805342,"durationSec":69.98,"bitrate":320684,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/130-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/130/conversation-130-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}