{"conversationCode":"146-006","tapeNumber":146,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-146-006","startDateTime":"1972-10-04T23:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-04T23:28:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:27 PM","endDate":"4-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On October 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:27 pm to 7:28 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 146-006 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. 146-6\n\nDate: October 4, 1972\nTime: 7:27 pm - 7:28 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n        Haldeman’s schedule\n            -Haldeman's transportation arrangements\n            -The President's schedule","filename":["146-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"146-005","nextCode":"147-001","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.01,"text":"Hmm."},{"start":1.03,"end":1.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.39,"end":1.67,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.17,"end":3.13,"text":"Are you going back by car?"},{"start":3.35,"end":3.61,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.99,"end":7.45,"text":"Well, why don't you just, don't you think you should wait or is it, do you have to get back earlier?"},{"start":7.79,"end":7.99,"text":"No, no."},{"start":8.07,"end":12.26,"text":"It's just, it's quicker to go by car because I go right from here to the house instead of going into town and then back."},{"start":12.28,"end":12.96,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":13.02,"end":13.3,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.42,"end":13.66,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.68,"end":14.26,"text":"Whatever you want."},{"start":14.28,"end":14.84,"text":"So it works out."},{"start":15.36,"end":17.3,"text":"I could go down earlier if necessary."},{"start":17.32,"end":17.58,"text":"No, no."},{"start":17.86,"end":18.18,"text":"Oh, no."},{"start":18.32,"end":18.8,"text":"Not at all."},{"start":19,"end":19.3,"text":"All right."},{"start":19.41,"end":19.66,"text":"Fine."},{"start":19.73,"end":23.19,"text":"No, I usually do go down, you know, if I'm going home because it's closer."},{"start":23.21,"end":24.47,"text":"Because I'm going down at 930."},{"start":24.63,"end":25.05,"text":"Right."},{"start":25.07,"end":25.77,"text":"Study here till then."},{"start":26.03,"end":26.23,"text":"Right."},{"start":26.51,"end":26.85,"text":"All right."},{"start":26.87,"end":27.13,"text":"Fine."},{"start":27.17,"end":27.53,"text":"Very good."},{"start":27.71,"end":28.33,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly conferred regarding logistical arrangements for their respective departures from Camp David. The discussion centered on Haldeman's preference to travel by car to expedite his return home, rather than traveling through town. The two confirmed their evening schedules without establishing any substantive policy or administrative actions.","topics":["Logistics","Camp David","Presidential Schedule","Transportation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:48:50.361Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","camp-david","presidential-schedule","transportation"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"146-006.mp3","bytes":778657,"durationSec":32.37,"bitrate":192419,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:55.110Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/146-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/146-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/146/conversation-146-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}