{"conversationCode":"140-039","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-039","startDateTime":"1972-08-19T15:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:49 AM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-039 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. 140-39\n\nDate: August 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 205-7]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-038","nextCode":"140-040","transcript":[{"start":3.42,"end":6.4,"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 as the necessary step to bridge the President to his senior aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for telephonic assistance.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","Camp David","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:41:50.943Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","camp-david","administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-039.mp3","bytes":233220,"durationSec":9.65,"bitrate":193276,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}