{"conversationCode":"450-019","tapeNumber":450,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-450-019","startDateTime":"1971-02-17T05:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-02-17T21:04:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Feb-1971","startTime":"12:00 AM","endDate":"17-Feb-1971","endTime":"4:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On February 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 4:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 450-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 450-19\n\nDate: February 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:00 am and 4:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\n     Forthcoming press conference\n          -Timing\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 4:04 pm","filename":["450-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:09:58","tapeEnd":"02:13:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"450-018","nextCode":"450-020","transcript":[{"start":23.18,"end":40.26,"text":"Oh."},{"start":40.24,"end":53.37,"text":"No, you're on the wrong station."},{"start":53.39,"end":53.95,"text":"You're on the wrong station."},{"start":53.97,"end":58.88,"text":"You're on the wrong station."},{"start":58.9,"end":60.96,"text":"You're on the wrong station."},{"start":60.98,"end":63.03,"text":"You're on the wrong station."},{"start":224.74,"end":224.84,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met in the Oval Office to coordinate strategy regarding the scheduling and timing of a forthcoming presidential press conference. The discussion focused on managing the logistics and public reception of this media engagement. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative consultation.","topics":["Press relations","Media strategy","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:52:12.710Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-relations","media-strategy","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":225,"audioFiles":[{"file":"450-019.mp3","bytes":5397315,"durationSec":224.82,"bitrate":192061,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/450-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/450-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/450/conversation-450-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}