{"conversationCode":"140-019","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-019","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T13:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T13:57:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:57 AM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 9:57 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-019 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. 140-19\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: 9:57 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 203-8]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-018","nextCode":"140-020","transcript":[{"start":2.51,"end":5.67,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary bridge to initiate further high-level coordination between the President and his top advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed, as the exchange was strictly limited to establishing contact.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communication","Administrative coordination","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:39:58.927Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","administrative-coordination","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-019.mp3","bytes":213158,"durationSec":8.81,"bitrate":193486,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}