{"conversationCode":"234-002","tapeNumber":234,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-234-002","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T22:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T22:54:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 234-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 234-2\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger’s cable\n\n       Cable\n               -Col. Richard T. Kennedy\n                     -Conversation with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n\n       Kissinger\n             -Emotions\n                  -[Interview with Oriana Fallaci, November 2 and 4, 1972]\n\n       Cable\n               -Haldeman’s reading\n                    -Kennedy’s call to the President\n                         -Timing\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["234-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"234-001","nextCode":"234-003","transcript":[{"start":19.74,"end":30.32,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":75.23,"end":101.96,"text":"Yeah, read it all."},{"start":110.61,"end":121.11,"text":"It was all true."},{"start":121.13,"end":121.47,"text":"Emotion, I think."},{"start":121.5,"end":124.12,"text":"Silly, pathetic, horrible."},{"start":124.14,"end":124.64,"text":"Toriel, you're a bastard."},{"start":124.66,"end":125.16,"text":"You're so goddamn stupid."},{"start":139.93,"end":152.91,"text":"... ... ... ..."},{"start":174.22,"end":182.42,"text":"Yeah, yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to review a cable from Henry Kissinger regarding a discussion between Colonel Richard T. Kennedy and Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. The two men critically evaluated the emotional tone and content of recent interviews given by Kissinger, specifically criticizing his remarks to Oriana Fallaci. This exchange served as a debriefing session on diplomatic communications and the potential political fallout from Kissinger's public commentary.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Anatoliy Dobrynin","Diplomacy","Media relations","Soviet-American relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:11:57.806Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","anatoliy-dobrynin","diplomacy","media-relations","soviet-american-relations"],"audioDurationSec":188,"audioFiles":[{"file":"234-002.mp3","bytes":4514570,"durationSec":187.96,"bitrate":192150,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.206Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:08.553Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/234-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/234-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/234/conversation-234-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}