{"conversationCode":"203-014","tapeNumber":203,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-203-014","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T14:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"10:56 AM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Meany, George;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George Meany met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:56 am to 10:58 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-014 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. 203-14\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: 10:56 am - 10:58 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with George Meany.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-24]","filename":["203-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Meany, George"],"prevCode":"203-013","nextCode":"203-015","transcript":[{"start":5.67,"end":13.1,"text":"So I just wanted to say that in case the White House operator told you that I tried to reach out and I can't do it."},{"start":13.66,"end":21.11,"text":"I didn't have any big thing, but I learned from one of my spies that you and your grandson had your birthday yesterday."},{"start":21.13,"end":23.33,"text":"So I just wanted to congratulate you."},{"start":24.69,"end":26,"text":"You're really lucky to have a boy."},{"start":26.02,"end":27.24,"text":"He's born the same day you were."},{"start":42.96,"end":55.84,"text":"That's the national right."},{"start":55.86,"end":56.14,"text":"Right."},{"start":56.2,"end":70.12,"text":"That's the guts of the organization."},{"start":70.14,"end":70.26,"text":"Right."},{"start":70.28,"end":70.68,"text":"Sure."},{"start":70.7,"end":70.98,"text":"We understand."},{"start":83.14,"end":83.57,"text":"Hard work."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief exchange with AFL-CIO President George Meany to offer personal birthday congratulations to Meany and his grandson. The conversation served as a social gesture to build rapport rather than to address policy or administrative business. The brief interaction concluded with an acknowledgment of their shared commitment to the labor movement's values.","topics":["George Meany","Personal relations","AFL-CIO","Labor relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:17:09.117Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","personal-relations","afl-cio","labor-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"203-014.mp3","bytes":2174222,"durationSec":90.52,"bitrate":192153,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:03.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/203-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/203-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/203/conversation-203-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}