{"conversationCode":"439-020","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T20:26:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"4:25 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"4:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-020 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. 439-20\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: 4:25 pm - 4:26 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident met with an unknown man.\n\f                                              -15-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                  Conversation No. 439-20 (cont’d)\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Ronald L. Ziegler and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\nThe unknown man left at 4:26 pm.","filename":["439-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"439-019","nextCode":"439-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.64,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.42,"end":2.69,"text":"Mr. Ziggler is down."},{"start":2.77,"end":5.16,"text":"Mr. Mozart has an old cousin to see me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified visitor in his Old Executive Office Building office to discuss personal matters, as referenced by the mention of a family connection. The meeting lasted only one minute and served primarily as a brief scheduling interruption. Following the departure of the unknown individual, the President proceeded to meet with Ronald L. Ziegler and J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.","topics":["Presidential Schedule","Personal Meeting","Old Executive Office Building","Ronald L. Ziegler","J. Fred Buzhardt Jr."],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:13:01.476Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","personal-meeting","old-executive-office-building","ronald-l-ziegler","j-fred-buzhardt-jr"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-020.mp3","bytes":411648,"durationSec":12.73,"bitrate":258627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.770Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}