{"conversationCode":"249-014","tapeNumber":249,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-249-014","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 249-14\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person [Ronald L. Ziegler?]\n\n     Press briefing\n\n     News","filename":["249-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:43","tapeEnd":"02:04:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"249-013","nextCode":"249-015","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":3.04,"text":"Are you working out now?"},{"start":3.06,"end":5.46,"text":"What do you mean?"},{"start":6.88,"end":7.45,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":7.5,"end":9.29,"text":"Right, right, right."},{"start":9.53,"end":16.72,"text":"I want to talk a little about this thing tomorrow."},{"start":16.74,"end":20.13,"text":"Or would you rather wait?"},{"start":20.15,"end":20.23,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate strategy for an upcoming press briefing. The discussion focused on preparing for a specific, albeit vaguely referenced, topic set for the following day. Nixon sought to determine the optimal timing for finalizing these remarks, prioritizing effective communication of the administration's messaging.","topics":["Press briefing","Media strategy","Public relations","White House messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:39:18.300Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-briefing","media-strategy","public-relations","white-house-messaging"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"249-014.mp3","bytes":818879,"durationSec":20.33,"bitrate":322199,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/249-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/249-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/249/conversation-249-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}