{"conversationCode":"206-017","tapeNumber":206,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-206-017","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T22:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-21T02:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"6:25 PM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"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.","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. 206-17\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President rehearsed his \"Remarks on Accepting the Presidential Nomination of the\nRepublican National Convention\".\n\n[A transcript of the speech appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard M. Nixon, 1972,\npp. 787-795]","filename":["206-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"206-016","nextCode":"206-018","transcript":[{"start":2.53,"end":22.42,"text":"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."},{"start":22.44,"end":22.64,"text":"Paragraph."},{"start":22.82,"end":28.07,"text":"We hold our future and the future of peace in the world in our hands."},{"start":28.09,"end":28.29,"text":"Paragraph."},{"start":28.31,"end":29.01,"text":"The voice of those"},{"start":33.33,"end":35.45,"text":"not the voice of America."},{"start":36.37,"end":43.16,"text":"Let us not turn away from greatness."},{"start":43.18,"end":51.03,"text":"The chance America now has to lead the way to a lasting peace in the world may never come again."},{"start":51.05,"end":53.83,"text":"With faith in God, faith in ourselves, and faith in our"},{"start":66.89,"end":70.77,"text":"not just in the cause of winning an election, but in working together."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met at Camp David to rehearse his upcoming acceptance speech for the Republican National Convention. He focused on refining thematic elements of the address, specifically emphasizing his vision for a new structure of global peace and the historical opportunity for American leadership. The session served as a final rhetorical preparation for his renomination campaign efforts.","topics":["1972 Presidential Campaign","Republican National Convention","Speechwriting","Foreign Policy","Nixon Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:23:24.035Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-campaign","republican-national-convention","speechwriting","foreign-policy","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":85,"audioFiles":[{"file":"206-017.mp3","bytes":2040057,"durationSec":84.93,"bitrate":192156,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:03.987Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/206-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/206/conversation-206-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}