{"conversationCode":"224-024","tapeNumber":224,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-224-024","startDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:26:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1972","startTime":"2:24 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gleason, Thomas W.;","description":"On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 224-24\n\nDate: November 14, 1972\nTime: 2:24 pm – 2:26 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with Thomas W. (“Teddy”) Gleason.\n\n[See Conversation No. 153-18]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]","filename":["224-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Gleason, Thomas W."],"prevCode":"224-023","nextCode":"224-025","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":3.03,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":3.05,"end":3.23,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.86,"end":7.88,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.9,"end":8.04,"text":"Fine."},{"start":8.16,"end":10.48,"text":"Well, you know, I understand you're having a great storm up there."},{"start":12.54,"end":15.65,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.09,"end":17.61,"text":"I understand that a lot of people couldn't get it."},{"start":17.93,"end":26.86,"text":"Well, I just wanted you to know that all the excitement of the election, I just learned from Chuck Colson that your birthday was the day after election, and I wanted to..."},{"start":27.03,"end":36.14,"text":"I want to tell you that, to congratulate you, tell you that we hope we gave you the birthday present."},{"start":38,"end":38.52,"text":"Yeah, well."},{"start":43.07,"end":44.69,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":44.71,"end":46.65,"text":"You just said it."},{"start":46.67,"end":47.59,"text":"Terrific, terrific."},{"start":48.13,"end":56.14,"text":"Well, I'll tell you, we, the way our fellows, you know, and all of the maritime groups, of course, that are"},{"start":56.38,"end":83.52,"text":"and people generally came through it was just great they they were the ones that made the difference and we're most grateful and we look forward to working with you over these next four years for the good of everybody yeah well i appreciate that i agree yeah well yeah well you give the the people in your office that helped with all these things my best too will you"},{"start":84.17,"end":85.47,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":86,"end":86.4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called International Longshoremen's Association president Thomas W. Gleason to extend birthday greetings following the 1972 election. Gleason expressed his gratitude for the call and acknowledged the strong support provided to the administration by maritime labor groups. The brief discussion concluded with both parties affirming their commitment to future collaboration throughout the President's second term.","topics":["1972 Election","Labor Unions","Maritime Industry","Thomas W. Gleason","Political Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:51:18.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-election","labor-unions","maritime-industry","thomas-w-gleason","political-relations"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"224-024.mp3","bytes":2192006,"durationSec":91.21,"bitrate":192253,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/224-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/224/conversation-224-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}