{"conversationCode":"436-017","tapeNumber":436,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-436-017","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T00:20:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"8:15 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"8:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 8:15 pm and 8:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-017 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. 436-17\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\n\f                                            -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n     Refreshment\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:20 pm.","filename":["436-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"436-016","nextCode":"436-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.64,"text":"Take some glasses off."},{"start":2.66,"end":4.67,"text":"We're generally paid to take a drink."},{"start":4.69,"end":5.82,"text":"Both of us can drink."},{"start":5.83,"end":6.2,"text":"Whatever you want."},{"start":6.22,"end":6.54,"text":"Whatever I want."},{"start":6.56,"end":6.66,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":6.68,"end":6.92,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Executive Office Building to share refreshments. The brief exchange consisted of casual social pleasantries regarding drinks. No substantive policy matters or official business were conducted during this interaction.","topics":["Social interaction","Executive Office Building","Informal meeting","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:05:12.977Z"},"topicSlugs":["social-interaction","executive-office-building","informal-meeting","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"436-017.mp3","bytes":376832,"durationSec":11.68,"bitrate":258104,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.230Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/436-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/436-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/436/conversation-436-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}