{"conversationCode":"140-009","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-009","startDateTime":"1972-08-16T19:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-16T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1972","startTime":"3:56 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:58 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 3:56 pm and 3:58 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-009 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. 140-9\n\nDate: August 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:56 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 202-21]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-008","nextCode":"140-010","transcript":[{"start":3.24,"end":3.74,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.55,"end":5.58,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":5.82,"end":6.75,"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 exchange served as a functional request to bridge communication between the President and his senior aide. The conversation concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:39:03.715Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-009.mp3","bytes":242624,"durationSec":10.04,"bitrate":193325,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}