{"conversationCode":"473-018","tapeNumber":473,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-473-018","startDateTime":"1971-03-25T22:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-26T14:40:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Mar-1971","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"26-Mar-1971","endTime":"9:40 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on March 25, 1971 and 9:40 am on March 26, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 473-018 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":"President’s schedule\n          -National Security Council [NSC] meeting\n                -Length\n          -Signing ceremony\n                -Executive Branch reorganization\n          -NSC meeting\n                -Briefing by General Robert E. Cushman, Jr.\n\n     Vietnam report","filename":["473-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:58:50","tapeEnd":"04:59:11","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"473-017","nextCode":"474-001","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":15.6,"text":"You know they're coming here, don't you?"},{"start":15.62,"end":15.74,"text":"Where?"},{"start":15.76,"end":16.42,"text":"You know they're coming in front?"},{"start":16.44,"end":16.76,"text":"Yeah, the booth?"},{"start":16.78,"end":17.22,"text":"Yeah, the whole booth."},{"start":17.24,"end":17.68,"text":"Yeah, the whole booth."},{"start":17.7,"end":18.34,"text":"I don't know what you're saying."},{"start":18.36,"end":19.71,"text":"I think the plan is, you know, the plan is to be at the next scene."},{"start":19.73,"end":19.83,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"An unidentified group discusses the logistics of an upcoming public event, specifically focusing on the positioning of a booth and the progression of the participants toward a subsequent scene. The dialogue suggests coordination for a scheduled appearance or venue movement, though the lack of context makes the specific event unclear. This brief exchange appears to be a logistical check regarding security or staging arrangements for an upcoming presidential engagement.","topics":["Logistics","Staging","Event planning","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:33:19.689Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","staging","event-planning","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"473-018.mp3","bytes":506565,"durationSec":21.05,"bitrate":192528,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/473-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/473-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/473/conversation-473-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}