Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 206 › Conversation 206-019

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on 1972 Presidential Campaign

Sunday, August 20, 1972 · 6:25 PM–10:32 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation206-019 on Tape 206StartSunday, August 20, 1972 at 6:25 PMEndSunday, August 20, 1972 at 10:32 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 206-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon utilized his time at Camp David to rehearse his acceptance speech for the upcoming Republican National Convention. He focused on refining thematic elements of the address, specifically emphasizing his vision for a new global structure of peace and the importance of American leadership. The session served as a final preparation to ensure the delivery aligned with his strategic messaging for the 1972 campaign.

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The voice of those who whine and whimper about our frustrations and call on us to turn inward is not the voice of America.
Let us not turn away from greatness.
America now has to lead the way of life.
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.
I ask you, my fellow Americans, to join our majority.
I've just been the cause of winning an election.
To achieve a goal.
The dream of mankind since the beginning of civilization.
Which are children?
All the children of the world.
I'm building a piece.
Which are children?

NARA 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 206-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 206-19

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 President, Richard M. Nixon, 1972,
pp. 787-795]

Also recorded on August 20, 1972

  • 206-014 4:00 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 206-015 4:00 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 5:59 pm.
  • 140-052 6:25 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 206-016 6:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm.
  • 206-017 6:25 PM · 1 min — 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.
  • 206-018 6:25 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 9:45 pm.
  • 206-020 6:25 PM · 13 sec — 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.
  • 206-021 6:25 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 206-019, August 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-019 (accessed October 9, 2026).