{"conversationCode":"287-026","tapeNumber":287,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-287-026","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T21:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T22:00:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:56 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On October 11, 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 5:56 pm and 6:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 287-26\n\nDate: October 11, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:56 pm and 6:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     Briefing paper\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 6:00 pm.","filename":["287-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:49","tapeEnd":"02:56:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"287-025","nextCode":"287-027","transcript":[{"start":1.56,"end":4.19,"text":"Oh, thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler held a brief meeting in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss a specific briefing paper. While the transcript remains incomplete, the interaction focused on the coordination of official materials or media messaging. No further actions or significant policy decisions are documented in this short exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Briefing materials","Press relations","Ronald Ziegler","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:33:37.460Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","briefing-materials","press-relations","ronald-ziegler","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"287-026.mp3","bytes":230713,"durationSec":5.64,"bitrate":327280,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/287-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/287/conversation-287-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}