{"conversationCode":"196-027","tapeNumber":196,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-196-027","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); 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 2:35 pm and 3:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-027 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. 196-27\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a memorandum to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 6s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     Dictated material\n          -Memorandum\n          -Camp David\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 3m 10s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["196-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"196-026","nextCode":"196-028","transcript":[{"start":10.24,"end":30.88,"text":"That's the end of that tape."},{"start":30.9,"end":31.3,"text":"That's the next one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman at Camp David to dictate a formal memorandum. While significant portions of the recording are classified as personal and withheld from the public record, the discussion focused on administrative instructions and presidential directives. No policy shifts or political strategies were captured in the available transcript material.","topics":["White House administration","Presidential memoranda","Camp David","Executive directives"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:03:34.252Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-memoranda","camp-david","executive-directives"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"196-027.mp3","bytes":751698,"durationSec":31.27,"bitrate":192332,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.573Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.332Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/196-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/196/conversation-196-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}