{"conversationCode":"803-015","tapeNumber":803,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-803-015","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T18:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T18:34:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:33 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:33 pm to 2:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 803-015 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. 803-15\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 2:33 pm - 2:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n         Congressional adjournment\n            -Telephone call from Congressional leaders\n            -Possible meeting between the President and Congressional leaders\n                 -Ziegler’s schedule\n\n         US-Soviet Union trade agreement\n            -Press briefing\n\nZiegler left at 2:34 pm.","filename":["803-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"803-014","nextCode":"803-016","transcript":[{"start":3.76,"end":14.76,"text":"I'm not going to have a conversation."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler briefly discussed the potential scheduling of a meeting with Congressional leaders following a telephone call regarding the upcoming Congressional adjournment. Additionally, they touched upon the press briefing strategy for an impending U.S.-Soviet Union trade agreement. The conversation concluded quickly as the two coordinated their immediate schedules.","topics":["Congressional adjournment","U.S.-Soviet relations","Trade agreement","Press briefings","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:07:38.216Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-adjournment","u-s-soviet-relations","trade-agreement","press-briefings","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":63,"audioFiles":[{"file":"803-015.mp3","bytes":1514056,"durationSec":63.01,"bitrate":192220,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/803-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/803-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/803/conversation-803-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}