{"conversationCode":"206-021","tapeNumber":206,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-206-021","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); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 20, 1972, 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. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-021 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. 206-21\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:25 pm and 10:32 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 140-53]","filename":["206-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"206-020","nextCode":"206-022","transcript":[{"start":1.55,"end":2.4,"text":"Sir, hold on please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication via the Camp David internal telephone system to reach an operator. The interaction consists solely of an administrative request for the operator to hold the line while he manages his telephonic correspondence. No substantive policy matters or political developments are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Camp David","Telecommunications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:23:45.846Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","telecommunications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"206-021.mp3","bytes":164884,"durationSec":6.8,"bitrate":193981,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/206-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/206/conversation-206-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}