{"conversationCode":"228-004","tapeNumber":228,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-228-004","startDateTime":"1972-11-20T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-20T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1972","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"20-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 228-004 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. 228-4\n\nDate: November 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       The President’s memorandum\n            -Date\n\n       Second term reorganization\n            -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\f                                               -27-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 228-4 (cont’d)\n\n            -Super Cabinet\n                 -The President’s plans\n                 -Congress\n\n       [No dictation]\n\n       Second term reorganization\n            -Supreme Court\n                  -Reconfirmation\n                        -John B. Connally’s recommendation\n                              -Retirement\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["228-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"228-003","nextCode":"228-005","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":19.96,"text":"I am talking, dictating this to the 11th, 11th, 20th, 8th, 9th, 9th, 8th, 9th, 8th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 9th."},{"start":27.86,"end":52.28,"text":"This captain was on a derogation when I was over to Congress in Triana."},{"start":52.3,"end":54.15,"text":"I decided one thing, I didn't cover it, and I ran into a giant, giant bomb later that night."},{"start":54.16,"end":55.03,"text":"And those tactics, and such as well, we do."},{"start":55.05,"end":56.09,"text":"The administration appeared to be all dead and gone."},{"start":56.11,"end":56.77,"text":"We're not cool with these events."},{"start":64.9,"end":88.05,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":103.56,"end":125.84,"text":"Hmm."},{"start":125.86,"end":125.94,"text":"Hmm."},{"start":140.67,"end":166.8,"text":"I tried out Connelly's idea of, uh, having, uh, my case to the Supreme Court briefed at the time."},{"start":167.64,"end":168.38,"text":"Make a recommendation for retirement."},{"start":168.81,"end":176.06,"text":"Probably speaking from a too simplistic way of banging my panel."},{"start":176.08,"end":177.21,"text":"They've had the president lost all of his set-up today."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum outlining key strategies for his second-term administration and executive reorganization. He specifically considered implementing a 'Super Cabinet' structure to better navigate relations with Congress. Additionally, the President reviewed John Connally’s proposal regarding the potential retirement and reconfirmation of Supreme Court justices.","topics":["Second Term Reorganization","Super Cabinet","Executive Branch","Supreme Court","John Connally","Presidential Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:01:44.412Z"},"topicSlugs":["second-term-reorganization","super-cabinet","executive-branch","supreme-court","john-connally","presidential-administration"],"audioDurationSec":182,"audioFiles":[{"file":"228-004.mp3","bytes":4374391,"durationSec":182.15,"bitrate":192126,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:07.501Z","transcriptGapSeconds":116,"transcriptGapShare":0.64,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/228-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/228-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/228/conversation-228-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}