{"conversationCode":"225-010","tapeNumber":225,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-225-010","startDateTime":"1972-11-15T14:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-15T14:50:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:14 AM","endDate":"15-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:50 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-010 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. 225-10\n\nDate: November 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:14 am and 9:50 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Elizabeth Ogilvie.\n\n       1972 election\n            -Ogilvie’s congratulatory letter to the President\n            -Richard B. Ogilvie’s defeat\n                   -Public service\n            -1960 and 1962 elections\n                   -Tricia Nixon Cox, Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n                         -Reaction\n            -Richard Ogilvie’s political future\n\nThe President replayed portions of the dictated message.\n\f                                              -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 225-10 (cont’d)\n\nThe President resumed dictation.\n\n       Richard Ogilvie’s political future\n\nThe President replayed portions of the dictated message.\n\nThe President resumed dictation.","filename":["225-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"225-009","nextCode":"225-011","transcript":[{"start":18.76,"end":43.93,"text":"I'm immensely proud, however, of the fact that very, uh, public service, public service over the years, respect, very imperative."},{"start":43.95,"end":45.43,"text":"My daughters, uh,"},{"start":46.13,"end":55.61,"text":"In fact, I recall how disappointed Christian and Julie were when I lost the race for president."},{"start":56.11,"end":74.35,"text":"Little did any of us realize then that little did any of us realize on the back of the 1962 re-election as president just 10 years later."},{"start":91.22,"end":108.67,"text":"You will be congratulating your father."},{"start":129.92,"end":154.17,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a letter to Elizabeth Ogilvie to offer consolation regarding her father Richard B. Ogilvie’s recent electoral defeat. Nixon reflected on the nature of public service and shared personal anecdotes about his daughters' reactions to his own political losses in 1960 and 1962. The conversation served as a moment of empathetic outreach, aiming to frame electoral setbacks within the context of a long-term career in public office.","topics":["Richard B. Ogilvie","1972 election","Public service","Political defeat","Nixon family","Correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:52:52.943Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-b-ogilvie","1972-election","public-service","political-defeat","nixon-family","correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":154,"audioFiles":[{"file":"225-010.mp3","bytes":3701692,"durationSec":154.12,"bitrate":192145,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:06.991Z","transcriptGapSeconds":67,"transcriptGapShare":0.43,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/225-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/225/conversation-225-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}