{"conversationCode":"136-011","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-011","startDateTime":"1972-07-22T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-22T18:47:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:46 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:46 pm to 2:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-011 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. 136-11\n\nDate: July 22, 1972\nTime: 2:46-2:47 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 197-14]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/10/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[136-011-w001]\n[Duration: 27s]\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's activities at Camp David\n               -Pool\n               -Tennis\n                      -Weather\n                            -Heat\n                                   -Compared to Washington DC\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Haldeman’s schedule","filename":["136-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:48:36","tapeEnd":"00:49:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"136-010","nextCode":"136-012","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":0.45,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.65,"end":0.87,"text":"Hi."},{"start":1.13,"end":2.33,"text":"I didn't catch you in the pool today."},{"start":2.61,"end":4.71,"text":"Right by it, but not in it."},{"start":4.73,"end":6.47,"text":"You're not playing tennis today, I hope."},{"start":6.59,"end":7.51,"text":"I played a little this morning."},{"start":8.33,"end":9.63,"text":"Well, this morning may have been hard."},{"start":9.68,"end":10.21,"text":"No, it wasn't."},{"start":10.26,"end":11.38,"text":"I damn near died."},{"start":11.39,"end":13.14,"text":"Yeah, it really is too hot."},{"start":13.22,"end":14.08,"text":"It's too hot, yeah."},{"start":14.14,"end":18.7,"text":"When I stepped out down there, I just, Jesus Christ, if you think it's hot here, you should be in Washington."},{"start":18.72,"end":21.92,"text":"Yeah, I've been talking to them down there, and everybody says it's absolutely terrible."},{"start":22.2,"end":23.14,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":23.56,"end":24.84,"text":"It's really, it's nice here."},{"start":24.86,"end":27.14,"text":"I think it's, I like it here always anyway."},{"start":27.9,"end":31.64,"text":"Well, I was thinking if we had a little time, we might go over and do a few things."},{"start":31.76,"end":32.32,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":32.83,"end":33.81,"text":"Just come as you are."},{"start":33.83,"end":35.15,"text":"I'm sitting around in a sports shirt."},{"start":35.41,"end":35.61,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted H. R. Haldeman at Camp David to discuss the day's leisure activities and local weather conditions. The two men compared the extreme heat in Washington, D.C., with the relatively more comfortable environment at the retreat. They concluded the call by coordinating a brief, informal meeting to address pending administrative matters.","topics":["Camp David","H. R. Haldeman","Weather","Presidential schedule","Informal meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:32:19.848Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","h-r-haldeman","weather","presidential-schedule","informal-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-011.mp3","bytes":1521034,"durationSec":37.9,"bitrate":321081,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:53.447Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}