{"conversationCode":"138-009","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-009","startDateTime":"1972-07-30T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-30T17:06:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"30-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-009 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. 138-9\n\nDate: July 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-18]\n\n     Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["138-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-008","nextCode":"138-010","transcript":[{"start":2.12,"end":2.59,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.61,"end":3.52,"text":"Hold a minute, please."},{"start":3.54,"end":4.89,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for assistance.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House communications","logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:37:08.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-009.mp3","bytes":172407,"durationSec":7.12,"bitrate":193715,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}