{"conversationCode":"140-046","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-046","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T11:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-20T13:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"7:45 AM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-046 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. 140-46\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 206-5]\n\n     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n         -Aspen Cabin","filename":["140-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-045","nextCode":"140-047","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":8.95,"text":"When you get Mr. Haldeman, tell him when he finishes breakfast, he can come over to Aspen."},{"start":9.93,"end":10.51,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":10.53,"end":10.94,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a meeting with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. He issued a directive for the operator to instruct Haldeman to report to the Aspen cabin once he had finished breakfast. This brief interaction served solely to coordinate the President's schedule and staff movement at the presidential retreat.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Camp David","Presidential scheduling","Staff communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:30.881Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","camp-david","presidential-scheduling","staff-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-046.mp3","bytes":383058,"durationSec":15.91,"bitrate":192652,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.134Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}