{"conversationCode":"143-004","tapeNumber":143,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-143-004","startDateTime":"1972-09-17T15:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-17T15:28:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:27 AM","endDate":"17-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On September 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:27 am and 11:28 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 143-004 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. 143-4\n\nDate: September 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:27 am and 11:28 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 211-15]\n\n            H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                -Location\n\n            Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["143-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"143-003","nextCode":"143-005","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":1.9,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.08,"end":5.41,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman is in church and will be out around 1230."},{"start":5.55,"end":7.64,"text":"I'll see you."},{"start":7.66,"end":8.78,"text":"Mr. Bull, please."},{"start":8.8,"end":10.55,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to inquire about the whereabouts of H.R. Haldeman and to request a telephone connection. Upon learning that Haldeman was attending church and would not be available until 12:30, the President directed the operator to connect him with Stephen B. Bull instead. This exchange reflects the administrative coordination required to maintain presidential communications while at the Camp David retreat.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Stephen B. Bull","Presidential scheduling","Camp David operations","Communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:45:01.279Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","stephen-b-bull","presidential-scheduling","camp-david-operations","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"143-004.mp3","bytes":397478,"durationSec":16.51,"bitrate":192638,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/143-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/143-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/143/conversation-143-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}