{"conversationCode":"140-028","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-028","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T00:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T02:32:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:32 PM","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 8:30 pm and 10:32 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-028 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. 140-28\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 and 10:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 204-3]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-027","nextCode":"140-029","transcript":[{"start":2.19,"end":2.78,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.28,"end":4.09,"text":"Harleman, please."},{"start":4.21,"end":5.08,"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 solely to bridge the President to his top aide for further communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this short operator-assisted request.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House administration","telecommunications","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:40:49.309Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-028.mp3","bytes":228204,"durationSec":9.45,"bitrate":193120,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}