{"conversationCode":"440-045","tapeNumber":440,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-440-045","startDateTime":"1973-05-24T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-24T21:05:00.000Z","startDate":"24-May-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"24-May-1973","endTime":"5:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 24, 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 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-045 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. 440-45\n\nDate: May 24, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:05 pm\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      President’s schedule\n             -Refreshment\n             -Prisoners of war [POW] reception\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:05 pm.\n\f                                               -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["440-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"440-044","nextCode":"440-046","transcript":[{"start":9.41,"end":10.45,"text":"So..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative matters concerning his upcoming schedule. The primary focus of the brief meeting involved arrangements for a planned reception honoring returning prisoners of war (POWs). No further substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.","topics":["Presidential schedule","POW reception","Logistics","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:19:27.938Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","pow-reception","logistics","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"440-045.mp3","bytes":694272,"durationSec":21.56,"bitrate":257614,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.965Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/440-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/440-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/440/conversation-440-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}