{"conversationCode":"157-021","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-021","startDateTime":"1972-12-07T01:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-07T01:17:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:16 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:16 pm to 8:17 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-021 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. 157-21\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: 8:16 pm – 8:17 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with H. R.(“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\f                                              -30-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 157-21 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 234-8]\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Meeting with Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman\n                  -Meeting with [Col. Richard T. Kennedy]","filename":["157-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"157-020","nextCode":"157-022","transcript":[{"start":2.06,"end":3.62,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.64,"end":3.82,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.84,"end":14.08,"text":"I thought you and John might come over now, and we can talk, and then when the other fellow gets here, the three of us will talk first, and then I'll talk with him."},{"start":14.24,"end":14.42,"text":"Okay."},{"start":16.12,"end":16.52,"text":"We'll be right over."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated an upcoming meeting at Camp David with H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman. The primary purpose was to organize a sequence of consultations, first meeting privately with his staff and subsequently conferring with Col. Richard T. Kennedy. Haldeman confirmed the arrangement, ensuring the President's schedule and the briefing order were firmly established.","topics":["Camp David","Scheduling","Staff coordination","John D. Ehrlichman","Richard T. Kennedy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:08:33.864Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","scheduling","staff-coordination","john-d-ehrlichman","richard-t-kennedy"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-021.mp3","bytes":515937,"durationSec":21.35,"bitrate":193355,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.934Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}