{"conversationCode":"204-008","tapeNumber":204,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-204-008","startDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-18T03:43:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:04 PM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 204-008 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. 204-8\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-32]","filename":["204-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"204-007","nextCode":"204-009","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.6,"text":"Miss Woods to come over to Aston, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the Camp David operator to summon Rose Mary Woods, his personal secretary, to his location at the Aspen Lodge. This conversation serves as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate administrative assistance during the President’s stay at the retreat. No substantive policy matters or broader political developments are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Camp David","Administrative logistics","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:19:19.357Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","camp-david","administrative-logistics","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"204-008.mp3","bytes":176168,"durationSec":7.28,"bitrate":193591,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/204-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/204-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/204/conversation-204-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}