{"conversationCode":"438-026","tapeNumber":438,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-438-026","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T13:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T13:55:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"9:34 AM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"9:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 22, 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 9:34 am and 9:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-026 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. 438-26\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:34 am and 9:55 am\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Refreshment\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:55 am.\n\f                                             -27-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 438-27 (cont’d)","filename":["438-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"438-025","nextCode":"438-027","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":4.11,"text":"Tack för mig."},{"start":4.41,"end":9.6,"text":"Tack för mig."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified male visitor in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording consists entirely of a segment designated as refreshment, with no substantive policy or political discussions documented. The encounter concluded without any reported developments or specific action items.","topics":["Presidential meetings","White House administration","Unidentified visitors"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:10:09.093Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-meetings","white-house-administration","unidentified-visitors"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"438-026.mp3","bytes":309248,"durationSec":9.56,"bitrate":258784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.582Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/438-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/438/conversation-438-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}