{"conversationCode":"188-006","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-006","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:44 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 5:44 pm to 5:45 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","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. 188-006\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 5:44 pm - 5:45 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 130-4]","filename":["188-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:19:48","tapeEnd":"00:22:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"188-005","nextCode":"188-007","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":2.43,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.45,"end":3.17,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.19,"end":12.67,"text":"I just wanted to make sure that something was underway to reply to the VIPs on the letters and wires and so forth."},{"start":12.69,"end":16.74,"text":"Are we doing something on that or are we not trying to?"},{"start":16.76,"end":17.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":17.4,"end":22.05,"text":"I see that, you know, there are some that will expect replies to VIPs particularly."},{"start":22.07,"end":23.49,"text":"The others should all get them too."},{"start":33.97,"end":34.71,"text":"Speak to Clark."},{"start":35.25,"end":49,"text":"Speak to Clark and say, I want you to know how much I appreciated your vote on the Bird Amendment."},{"start":49.42,"end":49.98,"text":"Maybe not."},{"start":50,"end":51.08,"text":"Maybe we don't want to."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly discussed the administration's protocol for responding to incoming correspondence, including letters and telegrams from VIPs and other supporters. Nixon directed Haldeman to ensure that official replies were being processed for these communications. The President also briefly considered drafting a personal acknowledgment to an individual regarding their vote on the Bird Amendment, though he expressed some hesitation about the political optics of such a move.","topics":["Correspondence","Public Relations","Bird Amendment","Administration Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:46:04.001Z"},"topicSlugs":["correspondence","public-relations","bird-amendment","administration-policy"],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-006.mp3","bytes":2413505,"durationSec":60.2,"bitrate":320724,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:00.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}