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Conversation 206-017

TapeTape 206StartSunday, August 20, 1972 at 6:25 PMEndSunday, August 20, 1972 at 10:32 PMParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Recording deviceCamp David Hard Wire
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On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-017 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 206-17

Date: August 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President rehearsed his "Remarks on Accepting the Presidential Nomination of the
Republican National Convention".

[A transcript of the speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1972,
pp. 787-795]

                                       (rev.Oct-06)
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Let us build a new structure of peace in the world, where regardless of differences between governments, our children and the children of other nations can be friends, period.
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We hold our future and the future of peace in the world in our hands.
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The voice of those
not the voice of America.
Let us not turn away from greatness.
The chance America now has to lead the way to a lasting peace in the world may never come again.
With faith in God, faith in ourselves, and faith in our
not just in the cause of winning an election, but in working together.
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