{"conversationCode":"140-001","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-001","startDateTime":"1972-08-14T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-14T23:55:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Aug-1972","startTime":"7:55 PM","endDate":"14-Aug-1972","endTime":"7:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:55 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-001 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. 140-1\n\nDate: August 14, 1972\nTime: 7:55 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n     Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman\n         -Ehrlichman’s location","filename":["140-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"139-007","nextCode":"140-002","transcript":[{"start":1.5,"end":5.53,"text":"Mr. President, on your call to Mr. Ehrlichman, they haven't been able to locate him yet."},{"start":5.59,"end":6.66,"text":"Do you wish for us to keep trying?"},{"start":10.69,"end":11.53,"text":"No, I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":11.55,"end":11.95,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.97,"end":15,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to initiate a telephone call to domestic policy advisor John D. Ehrlichman. After the operator reported that Ehrlichman could not be located, the President decided to abandon the immediate attempt. He ultimately directed the operator to discontinue the search and opted to defer the communication until the following day.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Presidential communications","scheduling","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:38:19.549Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","presidential-communications","scheduling","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-001.mp3","bytes":457664,"durationSec":19.01,"bitrate":192565,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}