{"conversationCode":"419-005","tapeNumber":419,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-419-005","startDateTime":"1973-03-12T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-12T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"12-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On March 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 1:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 419-005 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. 419-5\n\nDate: March 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 1:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated a memorandum for the file.\n\n[Continued from Conversation No. 419-3]\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Public opinion\n             -Prisoners of war [POWs]\n             -Budget [?]\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************","filename":["419-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"419-004","nextCode":"419-006","transcript":[{"start":17.66,"end":33.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon dictated a memorandum for his personal files to record his assessment of current administrative challenges. The discussion focused primarily on domestic public opinion, specifically regarding the ongoing concerns surrounding returning prisoners of war and federal budgetary priorities. This reflection served to formalize the President's perspective on these critical political issues as of early 1973.","topics":["Public opinion","Prisoners of war","Federal budget","Executive records","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:02:34.654Z"},"topicSlugs":["public-opinion","prisoners-of-war","federal-budget","executive-records","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"419-005.mp3","bytes":235520,"durationSec":33.11,"bitrate":56911,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/419-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/419-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/419/conversation-419-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}