{"conversationCode":"500-004","tapeNumber":500,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-500-004","startDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-18T11:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1971","startTime":"7:26 AM","endDate":"18-May-1971","endTime":"7:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Waggonner, Joe D., Jr.;","description":"On May 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:26 am and 7:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 500-004 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. 500-4\n\nDate: May 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:26 am and 7:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President dictated a letter to Joe D. Waggoner, Jr.\n\n     Newsletter\n         -Gerald R. Ford\n         -[Unintelligible]\n         -Press","filename":["500-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:46","tapeEnd":"00:09:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Waggonner, Joe D., Jr."],"prevCode":"500-003","nextCode":"500-005","transcript":[{"start":1.28,"end":26.47,"text":"Dear Joe, uh, good enough to give me a copy of your... Good enough to give me a copy of your main newsletter, great."},{"start":26.49,"end":27.25,"text":"Uh, it's not quite personal, you know."},{"start":27.27,"end":28.47,"text":"I noticed that was the way I set up the wall when I read it."},{"start":28.49,"end":29.49,"text":"For the time and, uh, guest exchange press course."},{"start":29.51,"end":30.05,"text":"Exclamation mark, previous."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Representative Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. to discuss the contents and reception of Waggonner's recent newsletter. The conversation centered on the political messaging within the publication and its potential impact on media coverage. Nixon acknowledged the newsletter's effectiveness, suggesting a shared interest in managing public perception through strategic communication.","topics":["Joe D. Waggonner Jr.","Newsletter","Press Relations","Political Messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:18:37.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["joe-d-waggonner-jr","newsletter","press-relations","political-messaging"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"500-004.mp3","bytes":1254713,"durationSec":31.24,"bitrate":321303,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/500-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/500-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/500/conversation-500-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}