{"conversationCode":"140-051","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-051","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T16:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-20T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:36 PM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:00 PM","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 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-051 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. 140-51\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 206-13]\n\n     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n         -Aspen Cabin\n\n                                       (rev. Mar-02)","filename":["140-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-050","nextCode":"140-052","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":0.9,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.58,"end":4.64,"text":"Ask Mr. Halt, I'm going to step over to Aspen, please."},{"start":5.26,"end":6.34,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator to request that H.R. Haldeman be located. The President intended to notify his Chief of Staff that he was departing for the Aspen Cabin. This interaction served primarily as a logistical coordination of the President's movements while on the presidential retreat grounds.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Camp David","Logistics","Presidential travel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:58.206Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","camp-david","logistics","presidential-travel"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-051.mp3","bytes":230085,"durationSec":9.52,"bitrate":193348,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}