{"conversationCode":"198-012","tapeNumber":198,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-198-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-30T13:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-30T14:25:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jul-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"30-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:25 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-012 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. 198-12\n\nDate: July 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 10:25 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum to H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n     Memorandum\n        -Distribution\n              -Political content\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 6m 30s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nAn unknown person entered at an unknown time after 9:00 am.\n\n     Unknown man's request\n         -Newspapers\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:25 am.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7m 59s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["198-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"198-011","nextCode":"198-013","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":14.3,"text":"The memorandum for Haldeman used to be given one copy and the other copy is from my file."},{"start":14.32,"end":15.46,"text":"It's not for file distribution otherwise."},{"start":15.48,"end":17.99,"text":"That is always the case wherever I indicate a political memorandum unless I indicate a political memorandum with others."},{"start":30.41,"end":34.56,"text":"I'm sorry, Mr. Peter, but you should be done by 3 o'clock."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman at Camp David to dictate a political memorandum and provide specific instructions regarding its limited distribution. The President emphasized that the document was restricted to a single file copy and was not to be shared further. The meeting was briefly interrupted by an unknown individual requesting newspapers before the President resumed his administrative tasks.","topics":["White House administration","Political strategy","Memorandum distribution","H.R. Haldeman","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:07:09.251Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","political-strategy","memorandum-distribution","h-r-haldeman","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"198-012.mp3","bytes":1364844,"durationSec":56.8,"bitrate":192231,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:02.681Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/198-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/198-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/198/conversation-198-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}