{"conversationCode":"167-012","tapeNumber":167,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-167-012","startDateTime":"1973-05-20T18:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-20T18:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1973","startTime":"2:30 PM","endDate":"20-May-1973","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Camp David operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 20, 1973, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-012 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. 167-12\n\nDate: May 20, 1973\nTime: 2:30 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n     Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["167-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Camp David operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"167-011","nextCode":"167-013","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":1.35,"text":"No."},{"start":1.53,"end":5.54,"text":"Sir, we get no answer at Mr. Haldeman's residence where, you know, we reached him before."},{"start":5.86,"end":6.7,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":6.84,"end":7.22,"text":"Fine."},{"start":7.28,"end":8.24,"text":"May we keep after it for you?"},{"start":10.19,"end":11.79,"text":"I'll try it in about a half hour, please."},{"start":11.81,"end":12.41,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":12.43,"end":12.79,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to attempt a telephone connection with H. R. Haldeman after an initial call to his residence went unanswered. The President requested that the operator persist in reaching Haldeman and check back in approximately thirty minutes. This brief exchange highlights the President's ongoing communication efforts with his former Chief of Staff during the period following Haldeman's resignation.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential communications","White House operations","Watergate era"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:29:50.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","watergate-era"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"167-012.mp3","bytes":616448,"durationSec":19.17,"bitrate":257210,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/167-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/167/conversation-167-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}