{"conversationCode":"140-035","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-035","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T15:42:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:15 AM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:42 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:15 am on August 18, 1972 and 11:42 am on August 19, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-035 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. 140-35\n\nDate: Unknown between August 18 and 19, 1972\n\nTime: Unknown between 9:15 am, August 18, 1972 and 11:42 am, August 19, 1972\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 204-13]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-034","nextCode":"140-036","transcript":[{"start":3.68,"end":4.14,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":4.69,"end":5.6,"text":"Mr. Holloman please."},{"start":5.88,"end":6.94,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate administrative communications while staying at the presidential retreat. The primary purpose of the brief exchange was to place a telephone call to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This interaction reflects standard procedural efforts by the President to manage executive branch coordination while away from the Oval Office.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Camp David","Presidential communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:41:29.008Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","camp-david","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-035.mp3","bytes":298421,"durationSec":12.37,"bitrate":192944,"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/140-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}