{"conversationCode":"196-015","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-015","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); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman 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 196-015 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. 196-15\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 to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; the President incorrectly\nstated the date as July 24, 1972.\n\n     Instructions\n           -Distribution\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 6m 49s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[This dictation continues as Conversation No. 196-17]","filename":["196-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"196-014","nextCode":"196-016","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":18.93,"text":"This is a memorandum to Holloman from our end."},{"start":18.95,"end":19.15,"text":"July 24th."},{"start":19.17,"end":20.25,"text":"My copy of the memorandum is in my file in his office."},{"start":20.27,"end":21.23,"text":"It's not going to be distributed to other files."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a memorandum to H. R. Haldeman regarding the sensitive handling and restricted distribution of a specific document. He clarifies that the file should remain solely within Haldeman's office and must not be circulated to other files. This directive emphasizes the President's intent to maintain strict confidentiality and control over the record's location.","topics":["Memorandum","Document Control","Confidentiality","H. R. Haldeman","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:02:26.846Z"},"topicSlugs":["memorandum","document-control","confidentiality","h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-015.mp3","bytes":758595,"durationSec":31.53,"bitrate":192455,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.331Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}