{"conversationCode":"820-006","tapeNumber":820,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-820-006","startDateTime":"1972-12-12T15:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-12T15:39:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:21 AM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:39 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 10:39 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"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. 820-6\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:21 am and 10:39 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Blake Sanborn and Donald Kemp.\n\n       Addresses\n            -Sanborn, Mayor of Whittier, California\n            -Kemp, President of Whittier Chamber of Commerce\n\n       1972 election\n            -Congratulatory messages\n                   -The President’s appreciation for scroll\n                        -Signatures of Whittier friends and neighbors\n            -Results\n                   -Whittier\n            -Congratulatory telegram (scroll) to the President\n                   -Whittier leaders\n                        -Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Republican Women\n                        -The President’s appreciation\n            -Scroll\n                   -Nixon Library\n            -Whittier’s people\n\nEnd of dictation.","filename":["820-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"820-005","nextCode":"820-007","transcript":[{"start":18.71,"end":25.51,"text":"Set up the letter in the proper way so it reads, the Honorable Blake Sandler, Mayor Kemp, Mr. Donald Kemp,"},{"start":34.17,"end":53.74,"text":"And dear friends, of the thousands of letters and messages, letters and other messages I have received since the election victory of November 7th,"},{"start":66.2,"end":83.02,"text":"The one which meant the most of all was the... scroll, signed by 5,000."},{"start":104.99,"end":108.93,"text":"Friends and neighbors from my home town of Whittier."},{"start":109.11,"end":130.46,"text":"The fact that Whittier gave our kid one of the highest"},{"start":135.6,"end":139.41,"text":"Majorities of any city in the country."},{"start":140.03,"end":141.23,"text":"Of course, there's a..."},{"start":148.77,"end":157.46,"text":"I'm not sure what that was in itself."},{"start":163.75,"end":166.17,"text":"one of the most gratifying results of the election period."},{"start":172.9,"end":191.96,"text":"But even more, mankind, the leaders of my own county,"},{"start":194.27,"end":200.04,"text":"The President of the Chamber of Commerce."},{"start":200.1,"end":203.54,"text":"Members of the Chamber of Commerce."},{"start":204.8,"end":206.59,"text":"The Local Federation."},{"start":207.17,"end":210.13,"text":"Members of the Chamber of Commerce."},{"start":210.23,"end":212.49,"text":"The Federation of Republican Women."},{"start":250.19,"end":262.48,"text":"Took all the time and trouble to..."},{"start":264.1,"end":264.5,"text":"Send."},{"start":270.45,"end":271.53,"text":"To get the signature signed."},{"start":280.03,"end":281.4,"text":"this following week."},{"start":315.61,"end":332.4,"text":"will be something that I shall always, will be a memory that I shall always cherish in the years ahead, as I think back to my last election campaign, very fair."},{"start":344.49,"end":352.24,"text":"The scroll from what you're talking about in place of me makes my very language complete."},{"start":352.25,"end":359.98,"text":"It's great."},{"start":360,"end":371.93,"text":"But even more, the people we put here, where we know who has supported us in all of our campaigns,"},{"start":373.44,"end":374.74,"text":"for the past 25 years."},{"start":380.77,"end":383.03,"text":"We'll always have a special place in our hearts."},{"start":383.05,"end":384.38,"text":"Sincerity."},{"start":384.83,"end":385.66,"text":"End of letter A."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a formal letter of appreciation to Blake Sanborn, Mayor of Whittier, and Donald Kemp, President of the Whittier Chamber of Commerce. The correspondence acknowledges a congratulatory scroll signed by 5,000 residents of his hometown following his 1972 election victory. Nixon expressed that the overwhelming support from his community over the past 25 years remained a source of deep personal gratitude, noting that the scroll would be preserved for his future presidential library.","topics":["1972 election","Whittier, California","Presidential correspondence","Political support","Nixon Library"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:28:19.486Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-election","whittier-california","presidential-correspondence","political-support","nixon-library"],"audioDurationSec":391,"audioFiles":[{"file":"820-006.mp3","bytes":9390249,"durationSec":391.11,"bitrate":192075,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","transcriptGapSeconds":57,"transcriptGapShare":0.15,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/820-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/820-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/820/conversation-820-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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