{"conversationCode":"229-002","tapeNumber":229,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-229-002","startDateTime":"1972-11-20T23:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-20T23:49:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1972","startTime":"6:29 PM","endDate":"20-Nov-1972","endTime":"6:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:29 pm and 6:49 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 229-002 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. 229-2\n\nDate: November 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:29 pm and 6:49 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Meeting with H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                  -Haldeman’s location\n                  -Time\n                  -New York trip\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:49 pm.\n\f                                              -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["229-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"229-001","nextCode":"229-003","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":2.01,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.08,"end":4.24,"text":"Oh, that's fine, fine."},{"start":4.26,"end":7.54,"text":"When he gets back, I mean, right there."},{"start":7.66,"end":9.24,"text":"Don't worry, I have something about my New Yorker."},{"start":9.26,"end":9.91,"text":"Yeah, that's fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an informal discussion at Camp David regarding his upcoming schedule and the logistics of a meeting with H.R. Haldeman. The participants coordinated the timing of Haldeman's return from a trip to New York to ensure the President's agenda remained on track. This brief exchange focused primarily on administrative planning and personnel availability.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","Camp David","White House administration","New York trip"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:02:16.637Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","camp-david","white-house-administration","new-york-trip"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"229-002.mp3","bytes":358231,"durationSec":14.8,"bitrate":193638,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:07.669Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/229-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/229-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/229/conversation-229-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}