{"conversationCode":"140-033","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-033","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:43:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:04 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:43 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 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-033 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. 140-33\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 204-9A]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-033.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-032","nextCode":"140-034","transcript":[{"start":1.13,"end":4.41,"text":"Yes, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to bridge the President to his top aide for an unscheduled discussion. The call represents a routine logistical effort to maintain direct lines of communication between the President and his senior staff while residing at the presidential retreat.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","Camp David","White House operations","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:41:17.459Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","camp-david","white-house-operations","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-033.mp3","bytes":193096,"durationSec":7.97,"bitrate":193741,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.132Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-033.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}