{"conversationCode":"225-021","tapeNumber":225,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-225-021","startDateTime":"1972-11-15T14:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-16T13:43:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"16-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:43 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-021 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. 225-21\n\nDate: November 15 or 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 am, November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am, November 16, 1972\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a \"form note\".\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Form note\n            -Instructions\n            -1972 election\n                  -Congratulation wires, letters\n            -Delivery\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\f                                              -13-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["225-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"225-020","nextCode":"225-022","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":24.67,"text":"This is a form note that can go to people that should receive it."},{"start":24.69,"end":28.21,"text":"This is a form note to go to those that send us congratulatory wires and letters."},{"start":28.23,"end":30.7,"text":"It obviously cannot cover all the wires because they are automatically addressed, and it should cover most of the letters."},{"start":31.69,"end":33.26,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a template for a standardized response letter to acknowledge the influx of congratulatory messages received following the 1972 presidential election. This note was intended to streamline communication with supporters, specifically targeting the high volume of personal letters that arrived after his victory. Nixon provided brief instructions to ensure the correspondence could be efficiently processed and distributed to correspondents.","topics":["1972 election","White House correspondence","Presidential communications","Public relations","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:53:52.670Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-election","white-house-correspondence","presidential-communications","public-relations","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"225-021.mp3","bytes":917467,"durationSec":38.09,"bitrate":192677,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:06.992Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/225-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/225/conversation-225-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}