{"conversationCode":"206-019","tapeNumber":206,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-206-019","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 206-019 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. 206-19\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 President, Richard M. Nixon, 1972,\npp. 787-795]","filename":["206-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"206-018","nextCode":"206-020","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":3,"text":"Insert after page 22."},{"start":30.34,"end":45.07,"text":"The voice of those who whine and whimper about our frustrations and call on us to turn inward is not the voice of America."},{"start":45.09,"end":45.91,"text":"Let us not turn away from greatness."},{"start":45.93,"end":47.25,"text":"America now has to lead the way of life."},{"start":97.69,"end":118.78,"text":"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."},{"start":118.8,"end":123.39,"text":"I ask you, my fellow Americans, to join our majority."},{"start":132.53,"end":151.34,"text":"I've just been the cause of winning an election."},{"start":151.36,"end":151.72,"text":"To achieve a goal."},{"start":151.74,"end":154.27,"text":"The dream of mankind since the beginning of civilization."},{"start":154.29,"end":154.67,"text":"Which are children?"},{"start":154.69,"end":155.29,"text":"All the children of the world."},{"start":155.31,"end":156.11,"text":"I'm building a piece."},{"start":156.13,"end":156.55,"text":"Which are children?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["1972 Presidential Campaign","Republican National Convention","Speechwriting","Foreign Policy","Presidential Rhetoric"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:23:35.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-campaign","republican-national-convention","speechwriting","foreign-policy","presidential-rhetoric"],"audioDurationSec":171,"audioFiles":[{"file":"206-019.mp3","bytes":4114598,"durationSec":171.39,"bitrate":192061,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/206-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/206/conversation-206-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}