{"conversationCode":"140-045","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-045","startDateTime":"1972-08-19T19:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-19T19:36:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Aug-1972","startTime":"3:23 PM","endDate":"19-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:23 pm to 3:36 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-045 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":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 140-45\n\nDate: August 19, 1972\nTime: 3:23 pm - 3:26 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 205-17]\n\n     Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. investigation\n         -Haldeman's role\n         -George P. Shultz\n         -Internal Revenue Service [IRS]\n               -Haldeman’s recent conversation with John [D. Ehrlichman?]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1m 33s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["140-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"140-044","nextCode":"140-046","transcript":[{"start":0.96,"end":1.54,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.56,"end":1.84,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.42,"end":3.1,"text":"I wanted to be sure."},{"start":3.14,"end":4.76,"text":"Have you checked on that O'Brien thing?"},{"start":5.97,"end":6.73,"text":"Nope, I haven't."},{"start":6.99,"end":7.35,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":7.83,"end":9.01,"text":"Word on it."},{"start":9.03,"end":9.93,"text":"Well, just so it's followed up."},{"start":10.07,"end":10.51,"text":"Yep."},{"start":10.53,"end":11.29,"text":"I'll do it right now."},{"start":14.14,"end":17.64,"text":"It's probably nothing they can do this weekend, but I don't want Schultz to drop the ball."},{"start":17.66,"end":17.93,"text":"Yep."},{"start":17.95,"end":19.13,"text":"I forgot to ask about it."},{"start":19.15,"end":21.71,"text":"I was talking to John just a little while ago."},{"start":21.73,"end":21.83,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.85,"end":21.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.97,"end":22.29,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed H. R. Haldeman to ensure follow-up on an investigation involving Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr. Nixon expressed concern that Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz might neglect the matter and emphasized the need for active oversight regarding the Internal Revenue Service's involvement. Haldeman committed to addressing the issue immediately following his recent consultation with John Ehrlichman.","topics":["Lawrence F. O'Brien, Jr.","Internal Revenue Service","George P. Shultz","Political investigations","John Ehrlichman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:25.441Z"},"topicSlugs":["lawrence-f-obrien-jr","internal-revenue-service","george-p-shultz","political-investigations","john-ehrlichman"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-045.mp3","bytes":740413,"durationSec":30.79,"bitrate":192398,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}