{"conversationCode":"237-042","tapeNumber":237,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-237-042","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T14:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T14:53:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:41 AM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 9:53 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 237-042 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. 237-42\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:41 am and 9:53 am\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\f                                               -18-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 237-42 (cont’d)\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift.]\n\n       Fire in fireplace\n\n       Refreshment\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift.]\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:53 am.","filename":["237-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"237-041","nextCode":"237-043","transcript":[{"start":22.27,"end":22.85,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David to engage in a brief, private encounter. The recorded segment consists only of ambient noise, including the sound of a fire and refreshments, with no substantive policy discussions or decisions preserved in the transcript. The interaction concluded quickly when the unidentified visitor departed shortly before 9:53 am.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential privacy","Unidentified visitor","Logistical records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:20:05.488Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-privacy","unidentified-visitor","logistical-records"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"237-042.mp3","bytes":667050,"durationSec":27.65,"bitrate":192974,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.205Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.057Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/237-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/237-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/237/conversation-237-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}