{"conversationCode":"799-026","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-026","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:36 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Stone, W. Clement;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and W. Clement Stone met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 799-26\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 4:36 pm - 4:37 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with W. Clement Stone.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2022.\n1m 12s segment cleared for release. 15s remain closed as 799-026-w001.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[799-026-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 12s]\n\n[See Conversation No. 031-068-w001]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n\n[799-026-w001]\n[Duration: 15s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["799-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Stone, W. Clement"],"prevCode":"799-025","nextCode":"799-027","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon briefly met with W. Clement Stone in the Oval Office. The conversation, captured by the White House taping system, appears to be a very short, informal exchange. Nixon instructed Stone to have Ron Ziegler come to the office quickly with some sheets, indicating an immediate need for documents.","topics":["Presidential directives","Staff communication","Oval Office","Document retrieval","W. Clement Stone","Ron Ziegler"],"generatedAt":"2026-10-27T15:03:30.546Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-directives","staff-communication","oval-office","document-retrieval","w-clement-stone","ronald-l-ziegler"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-026.mp3","bytes":838843,"durationSec":34.88,"bitrate":192395,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.452Z","transcript":[{"start":0,"end":2,"speaker":"Unknown","text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2,"end":14,"speaker":"Nixon","text":"Look down on my desk, tell Ron Ziegler to come over fast right here in 50-- [unintelligible] 59 and bring back the sheets to me because I'm out here. And he has"}],"transcriptCreatedAt":"2026-10-27T14:57:35.638Z","transcriptModel":"google/gemini-3.8-flash","transcriptSource":"audio-llm","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-026","catalogNaId":417181849,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417181849","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}