{"conversationCode":"394-018","tapeNumber":394,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-394-018","startDateTime":"1973-01-08T20:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-08T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jan-1973","startTime":"3:26 PM","endDate":"8-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On January 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:26 pm to 3:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 394-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 394-18\n\nDate: January 8, 1973\nTime: 3:26 pm - 3:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n       The President's schedule\n            -Meeting with reporters\n                  -Seating arrangements\n\nZiegler left at 3:28 pm.","filename":["394-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"394-017","nextCode":"394-019","transcript":[{"start":3.93,"end":32.72,"text":"... ... ... ... ..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met briefly to coordinate logistics for an upcoming interaction with the press. The discussion focused primarily on the arrangement of the room, specifically determining the seating configuration for the reporters in attendance. This meeting served as a final preparation step to ensure the professional management of the media engagement.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Press relations","Logistics","Ronald Ziegler","Media management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:04:07.428Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","press-relations","logistics","ronald-ziegler","media-management"],"audioDurationSec":61,"audioFiles":[{"file":"394-018.mp3","bytes":1474535,"durationSec":61.31,"bitrate":192414,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/394-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/394-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/394/conversation-394-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}