{"conversationCode":"140-041","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-041","startDateTime":"1972-08-19T16:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T16:11:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:03 PM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:11 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 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-041 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. 140-41\n\nDate: August 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 205-9]\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-040","nextCode":"140-042","transcript":[{"start":3.2,"end":4.32,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.34,"end":5.45,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served exclusively to initiate this connection, reflecting the President's administrative efforts to reach his top aide while stationed at the retreat. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Communication","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:02.514Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","communication","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-041.mp3","bytes":229458,"durationSec":9.49,"bitrate":193363,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}