{"conversationCode":"140-015","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-015","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T12:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T13:01:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:45 AM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:01 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-015 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. 140-15\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:01 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 203-4]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-014","nextCode":"140-016","transcript":[{"start":2.17,"end":3.09,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":3.29,"end":4.27,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a senior advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:39:37.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-015.mp3","bytes":207515,"durationSec":8.59,"bitrate":193336,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.129Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}