{"conversationCode":"140-044","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-044","startDateTime":"1972-08-19T19:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T19:23:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Aug-1972","startTime":"3:03 PM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:23 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 3:03 pm and 3:23 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-044 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. 140-44\n\nDate: August 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:23 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 205-16]\n\n     Forthcoming return call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["140-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-043","nextCode":"140-045","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":1.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.55,"end":4.04,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman will be with you shortly."},{"start":4.12,"end":5.65,"text":"He's on another call at the present time."},{"start":6.01,"end":6.37,"text":"All right."},{"start":6.75,"end":8.98,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with a Camp David operator to coordinate an upcoming telephone call with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The operator informed the President that Haldeman was currently occupied on another line and would be connected as soon as he became available. This brief administrative interaction served solely to facilitate the transition to a pending discussion between the President and his senior advisor.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","White House communications","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:20.052Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","white-house-communications","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-044.mp3","bytes":285256,"durationSec":11.81,"bitrate":193175,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.133Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}