{"conversationCode":"397-019","tapeNumber":397,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-397-019","startDateTime":"1973-01-19T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-19T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1973","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On January 19, 1973, 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 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 397-019 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. 397-19\n\nDate: January 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 1:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n                                             -19-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. Jan.-09)\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 397-19 (cont’d)\n\n        Suits\n\n        President's schedule\n              -Photograph session\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 1:16 pm.","filename":["397-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"397-018","nextCode":"397-020","transcript":[{"start":24.89,"end":31.66,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met briefly to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on logistical arrangements, specifically centering on a planned photograph session. The meeting concluded quickly with no major policy decisions recorded.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Ronald Ziegler","White House operations","logistics","photograph session"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:09:47.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","ronald-ziegler","white-house-operations","logistics","photograph-session"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"397-019.mp3","bytes":858917,"durationSec":35.64,"bitrate":192798,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/397-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/397-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/397/conversation-397-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}