{"conversationCode":"226-028","tapeNumber":226,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-226-028","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T12:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T14:39:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:45 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:39 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-028 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. 226-28\n\nDate: November 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 am and 9:39 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President resumed the dictation of the letter to Bernard Levin.\n\nThe President replayed a portion of the dictation.\n\n       1972 election\n            -Future campaigning\n            -Levin Schedule\n                   -Washington, DC\n            -Levin’s support for President\n                   -British press","filename":["226-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"226-027","nextCode":"226-029","transcript":[{"start":0.55,"end":24.9,"text":"And without, uh, any sensitivity of, uh... We're running for office again."},{"start":24.92,"end":25.04,"text":"Great."},{"start":25.06,"end":25.46,"text":"We're in Washington."},{"start":25.48,"end":25.62,"text":"Office."},{"start":25.64,"end":26.47,"text":"Say hello to Ron."},{"start":26.49,"end":27.03,"text":"Uh, uh, uh, uh..."},{"start":27.05,"end":27.51,"text":"He's not by the office."},{"start":31,"end":42.85,"text":"Uh, running for office again."},{"start":42.87,"end":45.19,"text":"Great."},{"start":45.21,"end":50.7,"text":"Thanks for rising to my defense."},{"start":50.72,"end":59.8,"text":"I realize that, uh, because I know that, uh, many of your colleagues in the British press probably disapprove of your position information."},{"start":64.68,"end":65.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictates a letter to British journalist Bernard Levin to express appreciation for his public support during the 1972 election cycle. Acknowledging that Levin likely faced professional backlash from his peers in the British press for backing a Republican candidate, Nixon seeks to reinforce their professional rapport. The recording captures the President finalizing the phrasing of this acknowledgment and arranging for the correspondence to be processed through his office.","topics":["Bernard Levin","1972 election","British press","Public relations","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:58:14.779Z"},"topicSlugs":["bernard-levin","1972-election","british-press","public-relations","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"226-028.mp3","bytes":1681065,"durationSec":69.92,"bitrate":192341,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/226-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/226-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/226/conversation-226-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}