{"conversationCode":"435-034","tapeNumber":435,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-435-034","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T20:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T20:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"4:19 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"4:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:19 pm to 4:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-034 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":"Abuse of Governmental Power Release","aogpSegment":"Segment 0","lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 435-34\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 4:19 pm-4:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-65]","filename":["435-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"435-033","nextCode":"435-035","transcript":[{"start":8.03,"end":24.45,"text":"on the box."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler held a brief meeting to address immediate administrative or public relations concerns following the mounting pressures of the Watergate scandal. The discussion served as a logistical coordination point between the President and his primary spokesperson. No definitive policy shifts were established during this one-minute exchange, which functioned primarily as a status update.","topics":["Watergate","Public Relations","Press Strategy","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:02:51.012Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","public-relations","press-strategy","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"435-034.mp3","bytes":1259520,"durationSec":39.24,"bitrate":256782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/435-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/435/conversation-435-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}