{"conversationCode":"196-020","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-020","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 196-020 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. 196-20\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 2:01 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President played back dictation recording.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 1s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["196-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"196-019","nextCode":"196-021","transcript":[{"start":10.29,"end":10.42,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon utilized his time at the Camp David Aspen Lodge to review previously recorded dictation. The session functioned as a private administrative period for the President to engage with his own transcribed thoughts or instructions. No further collaborative dialogue or external policy decisions were recorded during this segment.","topics":["Presidential dictation","Camp David","Administrative record-keeping","White House Tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:02:55.099Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-dictation","camp-david","administrative-record-keeping","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-020.mp3","bytes":250147,"durationSec":10.36,"bitrate":193163,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.573Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}