{"conversationCode":"146-005","tapeNumber":146,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-146-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-04T22:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-04T23:27:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:45 PM","endDate":"4-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:27 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 146-005 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. 146-5\n\nDate: October 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:45 pm and 7:27 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 215-9]\n\n        Request for a call to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["146-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"146-004","nextCode":"146-006","transcript":[{"start":3.61,"end":4.19,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.21,"end":4.96,"text":"Mr. Hardeman, please."},{"start":5.44,"end":7.24,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct discussion with his top aide. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this transitionary call.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House communications","Logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:48:45.234Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"146-005.mp3","bytes":273971,"durationSec":11.36,"bitrate":192937,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/146-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/146-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/146/conversation-146-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}