{"conversationCode":"495-022","tapeNumber":495,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-495-022","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T20:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T20:15:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"4:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-022 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. 495-22\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\nTime: 4:14 pm - 4:15 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     Press release\n           -John B. Connally\n                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n           -President's review\n\n     [Pause]\n\n     President's possible conversation with Connally\n\nZiegler left at 4:15 pm","filename":["495-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:13:19","tapeEnd":"03:14:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"495-021","nextCode":"495-023","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":22.02,"text":"Sir, the Secretary of Commerce sent this over to me, and I talked to Bob, and he suggested I change it."},{"start":22.04,"end":22.46,"text":"It's on the internet."},{"start":22.48,"end":25.36,"text":"Now I've got the Secretary of Commerce to release that, but we have to take a look at it, because it would be a, it would be a call to be liked."},{"start":48.6,"end":54.89,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":54.91,"end":55.11,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler briefly discussed the handling of a press release originating from the Secretary of Commerce. Ziegler sought the President's review of the document after consulting with H.R. Haldeman regarding potential modifications. The meeting concluded with a brief mention of a prospective conversation between the President and Treasury Secretary John Connally.","topics":["Press release","Public relations","John B. Connally","H.R. Haldeman","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:11:02.246Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-release","public-relations","john-b-connally","h-r-haldeman","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"495-022.mp3","bytes":2347677,"durationSec":58.55,"bitrate":320790,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/495-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/495/conversation-495-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}