{"conversationCode":"167-008","tapeNumber":167,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-167-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-20T14:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-20T15:00:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1973","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"20-May-1973","endTime":"11:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:00 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 167-8\n\nDate: May 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:56 am and 11:00 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\f                                             -7-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 167-8 (cont’d)\n\n     Haldeman’s location\n          -Church","filename":["167-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"167-007","nextCode":"167-009","transcript":[{"start":5.11,"end":6.92,"text":"I'd like to talk to Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":6.94,"end":8.54,"text":"He may be at church."},{"start":8.58,"end":12.31,"text":"If he is, why, let me know, and I'll call him when he comes back, okay?"},{"start":12.33,"end":12.55,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to place a telephone call to H.R. Haldeman. Upon learning that Haldeman was likely attending church services, the President requested to be notified upon his return so that he could reconnect. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination for the President to reach his former Chief of Staff.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communication","Logistics","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:29:28.517Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","logistics","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"167-008.mp3","bytes":694272,"durationSec":21.56,"bitrate":257614,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:58.640Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/167-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/167/conversation-167-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}