{"conversationCode":"212-001","tapeNumber":212,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-212-001","startDateTime":"1972-09-19T22:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-19T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Sep-1972","startTime":"6:23 PM","endDate":"19-Sep-1972","endTime":"6:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:23 pm to 6:55 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 212-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 212-1\n\nDate: September 19, 1972\nTime: 6:23 pm - 6:55 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 11m 59s    ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n            Issues\n                -Watergate\n                   -Effect on polls\n                        -Albert E. Sindlinger\n                        -Indictments\n                        -Comparison to grain deal issue\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 22m 4s     ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n                                       (rev. Oct-06)\n\nHaldeman left at 6:55 pm.","filename":["212-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"211-022","nextCode":"212-002","transcript":[{"start":13.24,"end":17.17,"text":"But Senator Wright, Senator Watergate didn't have that much of a bounce."},{"start":17.25,"end":20.86,"text":"The indictments weren't that much of an event."},{"start":20.88,"end":22.68,"text":"Watergate's pretty much gone away."},{"start":22.78,"end":25.55,"text":"Actually, Green Deal is worse than Watergate at the moment, probably."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman evaluated the political fallout of the Watergate scandal, specifically assessing its impact on public opinion polling. Haldeman suggested that the issue had largely faded from public consciousness, asserting that the indictments failed to generate significant traction. The pair compared the declining relevance of Watergate to the contemporary political damage caused by the administration's controversial grain deal.","topics":["Watergate scandal","Public opinion polling","Albert E. Sindlinger","Political strategy","Grain deal"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:29:35.144Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","public-opinion-polling","albert-e-sindlinger","political-strategy","grain-deal"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"212-001.mp3","bytes":951692,"durationSec":39.59,"bitrate":192325,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/212-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/212-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/212/conversation-212-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}