{"conversationCode":"137-004","tapeNumber":137,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-137-004","startDateTime":"1972-08-11T22:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-11T23:33:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1972","startTime":"6:35 PM","endDate":"11-Aug-1972","endTime":"7:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:35 pm and 7:33 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 137-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 137-4\n\nDate: August 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:35 pm and 7:33 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 202-3]\n\n          Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["137-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"137-003","nextCode":"137-005","transcript":[{"start":2.6,"end":5.65,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate high-level administrative communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:34:49.765Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"137-004.mp3","bytes":226950,"durationSec":9.39,"bitrate":193423,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:53.617Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/137-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/137-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/137/conversation-137-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}