{"conversationCode":"138-003","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-003","startDateTime":"1972-07-29T13:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:07:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jul-1972","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"29-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:54 am to 10:07 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-003 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. 138-3\n\nDate: July 29, 1972\nTime: 9:54 am - 10:07 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-4]\n\n                                        (rev. Mar-02)\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 12m 15s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     Weather\n\n                                                           Conversation No.138-4\n\nDate: July 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:07 am and 10:09 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-5]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["138-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"138-002","nextCode":"138-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":17.13,"text":"Well, okay."},{"start":17.15,"end":18.07,"text":"We'll see if everybody will play tennis today."},{"start":18.09,"end":18.48,"text":"It's nice and cool."},{"start":18.5,"end":18.6,"text":"Okay."},{"start":18.62,"end":18.7,"text":"Bye."},{"start":18.72,"end":18.82,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman engaged in a brief, informal telephone conversation while at Camp David. The discussion primarily focused on recreational plans, specifically checking the viability of playing tennis given the weather conditions. No significant political decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Recreation","H. R. Haldeman","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:36:36.466Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","recreation","h-r-haldeman","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-003.mp3","bytes":510327,"durationSec":21.2,"bitrate":192576,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}