{"conversationCode":"225-001","tapeNumber":225,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-225-001","startDateTime":"1972-11-14T20:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-14T21:15:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1972","startTime":"3:23 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1972","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Brennan, John V.;","description":"On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 4:15 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-001 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. 225-1\n\nDate: November 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:23 pm and 4:15 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with John V. (“Jack”) Brennan.\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Meeting with Roy L. Ash and Frederic V. Malek\n                  -Timing\n\n       Letter\n                -Delivery to Henry A. Kissinger’s office\n                      -Timing\n                -The President’s forthcoming conversation with Brennan\n\nBrennan left at an unknown time before 7:34 pm.","filename":["225-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Brennan, John V."],"prevCode":"224-031","nextCode":"225-002","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":11.99,"text":"Is there a time you'd like to meet with Mr. Ashton Malick?"},{"start":12.05,"end":15.49,"text":"I'm finishing a letter."},{"start":15.51,"end":19.1,"text":"I'm finishing a letter."},{"start":19.12,"end":22.16,"text":"It has to get back to the history office before 5 o'clock."},{"start":23.34,"end":26.01,"text":"And as soon as I finish it, I'll call you right away."},{"start":26.03,"end":26.69,"text":"So they can work on it out there."},{"start":26.71,"end":27.27,"text":"Then I'll let them know."},{"start":27.29,"end":27.93,"text":"So they just stay on top of it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John V. Brennan met at Camp David to coordinate the President’s administrative schedule and the handling of sensitive correspondence. Nixon prioritized finalizing a letter intended for Henry Kissinger’s office, emphasizing that it must reach the history office before a 5:00 p.m. deadline. Following the completion of this document, the pair planned to facilitate a subsequent meeting with Roy L. Ash and Frederic V. Malek.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","Administrative correspondence","Roy L. Ash","Frederic V. Malek","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:52:03.824Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","administrative-correspondence","roy-l-ash","frederic-v-malek","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"225-001.mp3","bytes":842858,"durationSec":35,"bitrate":192653,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.204Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/225-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/225/conversation-225-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}