{"conversationCode":"489-014","tapeNumber":489,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-489-014","startDateTime":"1971-04-26T18:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-26T18:54:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-014 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. 489-14\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.","filename":["489-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:13","tapeEnd":"01:44:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"489-013","nextCode":"489-015","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.79,"text":"Here we go."},{"start":3.81,"end":4.57,"text":"Let's see if Ron can handle this."},{"start":4.59,"end":5.3,"text":"Ron, what's up?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to coordinate the handling of an unspecified issue by Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation focuses on evaluating Ziegler's capacity to manage the situation effectively. The exchange concludes with a brief transition toward involving Ziegler in the matter.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential staff","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:58:07.580Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-staff","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"489-014.mp3","bytes":216085,"durationSec":5.26,"bitrate":328635,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/489-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/489/conversation-489-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}