{"conversationCode":"143-005","tapeNumber":143,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-143-005","startDateTime":"1972-09-17T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-17T15:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:28 AM","endDate":"17-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:30 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 11:28 am and 11:30 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 143-005 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. 143-5\n\nDate: September 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:28 am and 11:30 am\n\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 211-16]\n\n             Stephen B. Bull\n                 -Location\n\n             H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["143-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"143-004","nextCode":"143-006","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":1.07,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.31,"end":8.08,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Bull is en route to a location at the moment, and we can get him by radio."},{"start":9.44,"end":10.28,"text":"Wait a minute."},{"start":10.3,"end":18.64,"text":"Let me check."},{"start":18.68,"end":19.08,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":19.68,"end":20.06,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":20.08,"end":22.24,"text":"On Mr. Haldeman, sir, shall we cancel the call?"},{"start":22.26,"end":22.82,"text":"You cancel it."},{"start":22.84,"end":23.62,"text":"I'll call him back."},{"start":23.64,"end":24.27,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":24.29,"end":24.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator regarding the status of staff members Stephen B. Bull and H.R. Haldeman. After learning that Bull was temporarily unavailable via radio, the President decided to abort his attempt to reach him. Additionally, Nixon directed the operator to cancel a scheduled call to Haldeman, indicating he would initiate contact himself at a later time.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Stephen B. Bull","Communication management","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:45:06.495Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","stephen-b-bull","communication-management","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"143-005.mp3","bytes":707812,"durationSec":29.44,"bitrate":192340,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/143-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/143-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/143/conversation-143-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}