{"conversationCode":"188-008","tapeNumber":188,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-188-008","startDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-18T21:56:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1972","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"18-May-1972","endTime":"5:56 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 5:55 pm to 5:56 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 188-008 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. 188-008\n\nDate: May 18, 1972\nTime: 5:55 pm - 5:56 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See Conversation No. 130-6]","filename":["188-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:22:19","tapeEnd":"00:31:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"188-007","nextCode":"188-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.47,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.52,"end":20.23,"text":"I think it might be well if Monday, just looking at some of this editorial stuff, got out one of its businesses of editorial comment and polls, and we could see there are some excellent lines like the finest hour and guts and some of that stuff, and they got some of that too."},{"start":20.25,"end":20.51,"text":"Good."},{"start":20.83,"end":21.13,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman briefly discussed the political strategy for managing public perception following recent foreign policy developments. Haldeman suggested capitalizing on positive editorial commentary and poll data, specifically highlighting themes of presidential strength and resolve. The conversation served to reinforce the use of favorable media framing to bolster the administration's image.","topics":["Public relations","Media strategy","Polling","Presidential image","Political messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:46:14.671Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-relations","media-strategy","polling","presidential-image","political-messaging"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"188-008.mp3","bytes":1235905,"durationSec":30.77,"bitrate":321348,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/188-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/188-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/188/conversation-188-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}