{"conversationCode":"435-039","tapeNumber":435,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-435-039","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T21:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"5:21 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"5:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-039 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":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 435-39\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 5:21 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\nThe unknown man left at 5:21 pm.","filename":["435-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"435-038","nextCode":"435-040","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":1.03,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, recorded meeting with J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. regarding ongoing matters of administration concern. The transcript for this brief encounter is undefined, indicating that the meeting concluded almost immediately after the participants were present. No specific policy decisions or substantive discussions were documented in this segment.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt","White House Tapes","Administration Counsel","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:03:17.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt","white-house-tapes","administration-counsel","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"435-039.mp3","bytes":352256,"durationSec":10.91,"bitrate":258378,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/435-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/435/conversation-435-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}