{"conversationCode":"140-052","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-052","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T22:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-20T22:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"6:25 PM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"6:30 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 6:25 pm and 6:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-052 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. 140-52\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 6:30 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 206-16]\n\n     Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n         -Aspen Cabin","filename":["140-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-051","nextCode":"140-053","transcript":[{"start":2.85,"end":11.13,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Holloman to come up here, please?"},{"start":11.72,"end":12.96,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. He requested that Haldeman be located and directed to the President’s location at the Aspen Cabin. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative arrangement to initiate a direct consultation between the President and his senior aide.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Camp David","Staff Coordination","Communication","Presidential Schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:43:03.546Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","camp-david","staff-coordination","communication","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-052.mp3","bytes":398105,"durationSec":16.53,"bitrate":192631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}