{"conversationCode":"196-026","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-026","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"3:05 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 2:35 pm and 3:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-026 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. 196-26\n\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 pm and 3:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 39s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["196-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"196-025","nextCode":"196-027","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.18,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session at the Aspen Lodge to dictate a memorandum for the official record. The recording serves as a personal documentation of administrative business conducted during his stay at Camp David. No other participants were present during this brief dictation.","topics":["Presidential memorandum","Camp David","Record keeping","Executive documentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:03:28.525Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-memorandum","camp-david","record-keeping","executive-documentation"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-026.mp3","bytes":241370,"durationSec":10,"bitrate":193096,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.863Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}