{"conversationCode":"140-004","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-004","startDateTime":"1972-08-16T12:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-16T12:21:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:15 AM","endDate":"16-Aug-1972","endTime":"8:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:15 am and 8:21 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-004 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. 140-4\n\nDate: August 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:15 am and 8:21 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 202-14]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["140-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-003","nextCode":"140-005","transcript":[{"start":3.15,"end":4.37,"text":"General Hague, please."},{"start":4.57,"end":5.62,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his deputy assistant for national security affairs, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his key advisor. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for a telephone patch.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Logistics","Presidential Communications","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:38:35.662Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","logistics","presidential-communications","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-004.mp3","bytes":234474,"durationSec":9.69,"bitrate":193513,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}