{"conversationCode":"242-001","tapeNumber":242,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-242-001","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-05T01:34:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"4-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:34 PM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 242-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 242-1\n\nDate: February 3 or 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:45 pm, February 3 and 8:34 pm, February 4, 1973\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum [?].\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nWITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Unintelligible]\n[DURATION: 49s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe President ended dictation at an unknown time before 8:34 pm, February 4, 1973.","filename":["242-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"241-010","nextCode":"242-002","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":6.31,"text":"and making notes like this, although it makes sense."},{"start":6.33,"end":7.56,"text":"In this case, it's sitting in my alley, in my car, in my car."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized the seclusion of Camp David to dictate personal notes and memorandum contents for future administrative use. The recording captures the President working in solitude to organize his thoughts and strategic directives. The primary focus of this session was the structured dictation of official records, though the majority of the content remains unintelligible or withdrawn.","topics":["Presidential dictation","Camp David","Memorandum preparation","Executive administration","White House record-keeping"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:27:27.784Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-dictation","camp-david","memorandum-preparation","executive-administration","white-house-record-keeping"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"242-001.mp3","bytes":217088,"durationSec":38.47,"bitrate":45148,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.481Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/242-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/242-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/242/conversation-242-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}