{"conversationCode":"233-005","tapeNumber":233,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-233-005","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T02:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T03:05:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:39 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 233-005 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. 233-005\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum.\n\n[This is a continuation of Conversation No. 233-3]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Dictation\n             -Third tape\n             -Location\n\n       The President’s schedule [?]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[This dictation continues as Conversation No. 233-7]","filename":["233-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"233-004","nextCode":"233-006","transcript":[{"start":5.18,"end":18.36,"text":"This is the third day."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a series of memoranda while at Camp David, continuing his administrative workflow during a period of transition. The recording captures the President documenting specific instructions and scheduling details as part of his official record-keeping process. These dictations served to formalize presidential directives and manage the executive agenda during the final weeks of 1972.","topics":["Presidential dictation","Executive correspondence","Administrative records","Camp David","White House management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:10:06.912Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-dictation","executive-correspondence","administrative-records","camp-david","white-house-management"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"233-005.mp3","bytes":824215,"durationSec":20.46,"bitrate":322260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:08.382Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/233-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/233-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/233/conversation-233-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}