{"conversationCode":"437-022","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-022","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"5:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 18, 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 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-022 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. 437-22\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon [?]\n              -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["437-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"437-021","nextCode":"437-023","transcript":[{"start":3.81,"end":8.47,"text":"I don't know what happened."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with unidentified individuals to discuss upcoming scheduling matters, specifically referencing the First Lady, Thelma C. “Pat” Nixon, and Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The discussion centered on logistical coordination and the President’s agenda for the period. No specific decisions or substantive policy actions were finalized during this brief recorded segment.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Pat Nixon","Alexander Haig","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:07:17.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","pat-nixon","alexander-haig","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-022.mp3","bytes":563200,"durationSec":17.52,"bitrate":257168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}