{"conversationCode":"820-025","tapeNumber":820,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-820-025","startDateTime":"1972-12-12T14:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-12T14:57:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:50 AM","endDate":"12-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 820-025 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 820-25\n\nDate: December 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:57 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown woman.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n\f                                                -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 820-25 (cont’d)\n\n             -Mayor of Whittier, California [Blake Sanborn]\n                  -Scroll\n                        -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n             -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 9:57 am.","filename":["820-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"820-024","nextCode":"820-026","transcript":[{"start":0.46,"end":11.18,"text":"Do you see that the Mayor of Whittier has brought this in as an extension to the President here without any still evidence at all?"},{"start":11.2,"end":16.06,"text":"We are, I can drop that briefly so that I can thank you."},{"start":16.36,"end":17.26,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":17.28,"end":18.34,"text":"Yes, we should."},{"start":19.26,"end":24.29,"text":"They made a statement, the Mayor of Whittier."},{"start":24.31,"end":24.45,"text":"Right."},{"start":24.47,"end":26.23,"text":"And it was honest."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown woman to discuss a ceremonial visit from the Mayor of Whittier, California, Blake Sanborn. The dialogue centers on the receipt of a scroll presented by the Mayor, which the President intends to acknowledge formally. The participants briefly coordinate the scheduling of this interaction and the inclusion of First Lady Pat Nixon and Alexander Haig.","topics":["Blake Sanborn","Whittier, California","Pat Nixon","Alexander Haig","White House scheduling","Ceremonial events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:30:08.535Z"},"topicSlugs":["blake-sanborn","whittier-california","pat-nixon","alexander-haig","white-house-scheduling","ceremonial-events"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"820-025.mp3","bytes":866398,"durationSec":35.95,"bitrate":192818,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.478Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:40.095Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/820-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/820-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/820/conversation-820-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}