{"conversationCode":"854-012","tapeNumber":854,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-854-012","startDateTime":"1973-02-13T14:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-13T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:15 AM","endDate":"13-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On February 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 854-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 854-12\nDate: February 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:15 am and 9:34 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       Prisoners of war [POWs]\n              -Mrs. Robinson Risner\n              -Mrs. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr.\n              -Mrs. James A. Mulligan, Jr.\n              -Work with POW wives\n                      -Condition\n              -[First name unknown] Strunk\n              -Mrs. Mulligan\n\f                                              -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 854-12 (cont’d)\n\n                     -Background","filename":["854-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"854-011","nextCode":"854-013","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":5.74,"text":"Yeah, I had talked to I was wondering about Mrs. Mulligan."},{"start":5.76,"end":6.92,"text":"You work with the two of your wife's."},{"start":7,"end":9.56,"text":"She's all right with you, you know?"},{"start":9.61,"end":10.35,"text":"Yeah, I think they all are."},{"start":10.37,"end":11.19,"text":"And Marisha's all right."},{"start":11.21,"end":13.73,"text":"I said, why not?"},{"start":13.83,"end":15.33,"text":"She isn't dead, too, right?"},{"start":16.13,"end":16.77,"text":"Yeah, that's fine."},{"start":16.81,"end":25.39,"text":"There's another one that's drunk, did you know that?"},{"start":30.08,"end":30.7,"text":"Okay."},{"start":31.18,"end":31.52,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified associate regarding the well-being and status of spouses of American prisoners of war (POWs). The discussion focused on confirming the current condition of specific women, including Mrs. Robinson Risner, Mrs. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., and Mrs. James A. Mulligan, Jr. The participants briefly exchanged updates to ensure these individuals were being properly managed or accounted for during the sensitive period of the POW repatriation process.","topics":["Prisoners of War","POW wives","Nixon administration","Vietnam War","Domestic affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:17:44.673Z"},"topicSlugs":["prisoners-of-war","pow-wives","nixon-administration","vietnam-war","domestic-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"854-012.mp3","bytes":1081715,"durationSec":44.93,"bitrate":192590,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.382Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:48.249Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/854-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/854-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/854/conversation-854-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}