{"conversationCode":"439-016","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T17:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T19:23:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"1:10 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"3:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 21, 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 1:10 pm and 3:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-016 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. 439-16\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 3:23 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident met with an unknown person.\n\n       Instructions\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 3:23 pm.","filename":["439-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"439-015","nextCode":"439-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7,"text":"Hello."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a private meeting in the Old Executive Office Building with an unidentified individual. The transcript for this recording is currently undefined, leaving the specific agenda and any resulting decisions or actions unpreserved for historical analysis. Consequently, the nature of the interaction remains unknown to researchers.","topics":["Presidential meetings","White House tapes","Unidentified participants","Executive communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:12:39.359Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-meetings","white-house-tapes","unidentified-participants","executive-communications"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-016.mp3","bytes":389120,"durationSec":12.07,"bitrate":257980,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}