{"conversationCode":"153-045","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-045","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T18:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-17T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"1:04 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"1:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:04 pm to 1:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-045 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 153-45\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: 1:04 pm - 1:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-12]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Forthcoming meeting with Melvin R. Laird\n            -Request for a meeting with Haldeman\n                  -Dogwood Cabin","filename":["153-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"153-044","nextCode":"153-046","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":0.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.05,"end":1.31,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":1.46,"end":11.89,"text":"Before I get into the—in this afternoon with Laird, and I think about the best time would be—have you finished lunch yet, or you haven't yet?"},{"start":11.91,"end":12.19,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.21,"end":19.36,"text":"Could you come over at the Dogwood for about five minutes?"},{"start":19.38,"end":19.62,"text":"Right."},{"start":19.84,"end":20.78,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.91,"end":22,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinated a brief, private meeting at the Dogwood cabin to discuss an upcoming afternoon appointment with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The President sought to consult with Haldeman regarding the substance of the Laird meeting before it took place. Haldeman agreed to the request and prepared to head to the cabin immediately following his lunch.","topics":["Melvin R. Laird","Presidential schedule","H. R. Haldeman","White House staffing","Defense policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:59:13.357Z"},"topicSlugs":["melvin-r-laird","presidential-schedule","h-r-haldeman","white-house-staffing","defense-policy"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-045.mp3","bytes":669175,"durationSec":27.76,"bitrate":192845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}