{"conversationCode":"196-007","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-007","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T15:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T16:18:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"11:37 AM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"12:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 12:18 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-007 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. 196-7\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:37 am and 12:18 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated memorandum for the file.\n\n[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 196-4]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 29s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Dictation continues as Conversation No. 196-10]\n\nThe President ended the dictation at 12:18 pm.","filename":["196-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"196-006","nextCode":"196-008","transcript":[{"start":9.84,"end":9.92,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session at the Aspen Lodge to dictate a memorandum for the official record. The recording captures the President's personal notes and reflections, serving as a continuation of his earlier administrative dictations. This process was part of his effort to document internal White House proceedings and presidential thoughts.","topics":["Presidential memorandum","Record keeping","Camp David","Executive documentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:01:42.901Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-memorandum","record-keeping","camp-david","executive-documentation"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-007.mp3","bytes":238862,"durationSec":9.89,"bitrate":193149,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}