{"conversationCode":"172-008","tapeNumber":172,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-172-008","startDateTime":"1972-06-09T21:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-09T21:26:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jun-1972","startTime":"5:26 PM","endDate":"9-Jun-1972","endTime":"5:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:26 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 172-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDSD","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Desk","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 172-8\n\nDate: June 9, 1972\nTime: 5:26 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Desk (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 192-15]\n\n       Request for H.R.(“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n                                          (rev. Jan-02)","filename":["172-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:55:54","tapeEnd":"00:55:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"172-007","nextCode":"172-009","transcript":[{"start":3.6,"end":4.02,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.06,"end":5,"text":"Mr. Holliman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone communication through the Camp David operator to request a conversation with H.R. \"Bob\" Haldeman. The exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct contact between the President and his Chief of Staff. No substantive policy matters or broader political developments are addressed during this short administrative connection.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House Administration","Communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:39:09.396Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration","communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"172-008.mp3","bytes":292378,"durationSec":7.17,"bitrate":326136,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/172-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/172-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/172/conversation-172-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}