{"conversationCode":"409-018","tapeNumber":409,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-409-018","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:28 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Monson, Zosimo;","description":"On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 409-18\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:28 pm and 1:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Zosimo Manson.\n\n**********************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Instructions\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n**********************************************************************\n\nManson left at an unknown time before 1:49 pm.\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["409-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Monson, Zosimo"],"prevCode":"409-017","nextCode":"409-019","transcript":[{"start":1.42,"end":25.77,"text":"Oh, hey."},{"start":25.79,"end":25.89,"text":"What?"},{"start":25.91,"end":26.97,"text":"No, not today, I... Chief, uh... Would you take that?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met with Zosimo Monson in the Old Executive Office Building for a brief, informal engagement. The discussion primarily involved administrative or logistical requests, specifically an exchange regarding a phone call or incoming communication. No significant policy decisions or major historical actions resulted from this brief encounter.","topics":["White House administration","presidential scheduling","administrative tasks","communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:37:49.279Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-scheduling","administrative-tasks","communications"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"409-018.mp3","bytes":219136,"durationSec":32.88,"bitrate":53317,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:35.363Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/409-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/409/conversation-409-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}