{"conversationCode":"142-002","tapeNumber":142,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-142-002","startDateTime":"1972-09-13T00:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-13T00:49:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Sep-1972","startTime":"8:44 PM","endDate":"12-Sep-1972","endTime":"8:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On September 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:44 pm and 8:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 142-002 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. 142-2\n\nDate: September 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:44 pm and 8:49 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 210-4]\n\n            H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -Telephone line","filename":["142-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"142-001","nextCode":"142-003","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":4.01,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman is on the phone now."},{"start":4.03,"end":5.02,"text":"Would you like for me to break in?"},{"start":5.18,"end":5.58,"text":"No, no."},{"start":5.62,"end":6.55,"text":"You can call me back."},{"start":6.57,"end":6.81,"text":"Fine, sir."},{"start":6.87,"end":7.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator regarding an incoming telephone call from his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. Nixon declined the operator’s offer to interrupt the line or facilitate an immediate connection. He directed the operator to have Haldeman call him back at a later time.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:44:01.788Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"142-002.mp3","bytes":277732,"durationSec":11.51,"bitrate":193092,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/142-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/142-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/142/conversation-142-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}