{"conversationCode":"196-019","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-019","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T17:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T18:01:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:40 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:01 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 1:40 pm and 2:01 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-019 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. 196-19\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:01 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum [?]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 24s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["196-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"196-018","nextCode":"196-020","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard M. Nixon utilized the recording session at Camp David to dictate a memorandum. The content of the dictation remains restricted under a withdrawn item designation, preventing public disclosure of the specific subjects addressed. No further collaborative discussion or executive decision-making took place during this brief recording.","topics":["Presidential dictation","Memorandum","Camp David","Executive records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:02:49.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-dictation","memorandum","camp-david","executive-records"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-019.mp3","bytes":237608,"durationSec":9.84,"bitrate":193177,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.331Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}