{"conversationCode":"242-008","tapeNumber":242,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-242-008","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); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) 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 242-008 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. 242-8\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 met with an unknown person.\n\n**********************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\f                                            -7-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No. 242-8 (cont’d)\n\n       The President’s schedule\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n**********************************************************************\n\nUnknown person left before 8:34 pm, February 4, 1973.","filename":["242-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"242-007","nextCode":"242-009","transcript":[{"start":6.04,"end":8.58,"text":"Ja, det var det."},{"start":8.6,"end":8.84,"text":"Det var det."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a private meeting at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David with an unidentified individual to discuss matters related to his professional schedule. While the specific identity of the participant and the detailed substance of the dialogue remain undocumented due to the brevity and nature of the provided record, the discussion focused on administrative planning. No specific policy decisions or consequential action items were recorded during this segment of the tape.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Camp David","Administrative planning","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:28:06.498Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","camp-david","administrative-planning","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"242-008.mp3","bytes":106496,"durationSec":19.03,"bitrate":44777,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:09.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/242-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/242-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/242/conversation-242-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}