{"conversationCode":"140-030","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-030","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T02:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:02:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"10:51 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:02 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 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-030 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. 140-30\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 204-5]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-029","nextCode":"140-031","transcript":[{"start":3.88,"end":6.67,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to request a telephone connection with White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:41:00.663Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-030.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/140-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}