{"conversationCode":"140-011","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-011","startDateTime":"1972-08-16T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T01:06:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:11 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:06 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 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-011 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. 140-11\n\nDate: August 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:11 pm and 9:06 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 202-23]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-010","nextCode":"140-012","transcript":[{"start":2.24,"end":2.99,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.01,"end":3.82,"text":"Mr. Haldeman, please."},{"start":3.92,"end":4.78,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"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 direct discussion between the President and his key aide. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House communications","Logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:39:15.190Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-011.mp3","bytes":220054,"durationSec":9.11,"bitrate":193312,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}