{"conversationCode":"806-010","tapeNumber":806,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-806-010","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T15:46:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"11:45 AM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"11:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 11:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 806-010 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. 806-10\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: 11:45 am - 11:46 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n         The President’s approval of statement on death of John Roosevelt (“Jackie”) Robinson\n\n         Photograph sessions\n             -Duration\n                 -Mood for pictures\n                     -Henry A. Kissinger\n                          -Saigon\n                 -Meeting with policemen\n                     -Kissinger\n                     -William P. Rogers\n\nZiegler left at 11:46 am.","filename":["806-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"806-009","nextCode":"806-011","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":5.07,"text":"Sir, did you approve of the charity?"},{"start":5.09,"end":5.39,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.49,"end":13.88,"text":"I understand the point of the picture, sir."},{"start":13.92,"end":15.32,"text":"It really is not worth your time."},{"start":32.88,"end":34.48,"text":"Can't resist it."},{"start":34.5,"end":35.54,"text":"We've just got to do this."},{"start":36.3,"end":38.48,"text":"Well, I don't even have a picture."},{"start":39.24,"end":40.98,"text":"Well, I was thinking of this policeman."},{"start":42.59,"end":42.85,"text":"Oh, this?"},{"start":42.91,"end":43.89,"text":"I have a pair of long hair."},{"start":44.11,"end":44.73,"text":"This one."},{"start":44.75,"end":44.85,"text":"Okay."},{"start":44.93,"end":47.95,"text":"The reason I was cutting this one was because I'm Henry."},{"start":47.97,"end":50.15,"text":"I'm getting into the rock."},{"start":50.21,"end":50.83,"text":"Rockers, too."},{"start":51.19,"end":53.81,"text":"I think it'll come out all right."},{"start":53.84,"end":55.72,"text":"But I see the point on that."},{"start":55.74,"end":56.32,"text":"You see the point?"},{"start":57.34,"end":59.1,"text":"There is some farce around it."},{"start":59.12,"end":60.26,"text":"But we'll keep them down."},{"start":61.6,"end":64.12,"text":"I don't mind them taking 30, 45 seconds on this one."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met briefly to finalize administrative details regarding the President’s public schedule and official statements. They specifically discussed the approval of a formal statement concerning the death of Jackie Robinson and coordinated the logistics for upcoming White House photography sessions. The discussion included preferences for managing the duration and atmosphere of these photo opportunities involving figures such as Henry Kissinger and representatives of the police force.","topics":["Jackie Robinson","White House photography","Press relations","Public relations strategy","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:11:07.323Z"},"topicSlugs":["jackie-robinson","white-house-photography","press-relations","public-relations-strategy","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"806-010.mp3","bytes":1890846,"durationSec":78.72,"bitrate":192159,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/806-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/806-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/806/conversation-806-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}