{"conversationCode":"140-006","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-006","startDateTime":"1972-08-16T12:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-16T18:11:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:29 AM","endDate":"16-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:11 PM","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 8:29 am and 2:11 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-006 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. 140-6\n\nDate: August 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:29 am and 2:11 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 202-16]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-005","nextCode":"140-007","transcript":[{"start":3.02,"end":5.2,"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 administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a high-level discussion between the President and his top advisor. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific communication.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House administration","telecommunications","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:38:46.607Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-006.mp3","bytes":216919,"durationSec":8.97,"bitrate":193389,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}