{"conversationCode":"196-013","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-013","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T16:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T17:35:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:35 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 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-013 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. 196-13\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 196-11]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 4m 17s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[This dictation continues as Conversation No. 196-14]","filename":["196-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"196-012","nextCode":"196-014","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.39,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized the Camp David taping system to dictate a memorandum for his personal files. This administrative action served to formally document his thoughts and presidential records during a weekend stay. No substantive policy discussions or interlocutors were present during this specific segment of the dictation process.","topics":["Presidential Records","Memorandum","Dictation","Camp David","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:02:15.439Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-records","memorandum","dictation","camp-david","administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-013.mp3","bytes":250147,"durationSec":10.36,"bitrate":193163,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.330Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}