{"conversationCode":"857-010","tapeNumber":857,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-857-010","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T17:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:19 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:19 pm and 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 857-010 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. 857-10\n\n   Date: February 15, 1973\n   Time: Unknown between 12:19 pm and 12:47 pm\n   Location: Oval Office\n\n   The President met with an unknown woman.\n\n          Letters to be sent out\n\n   The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.","filename":["857-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"857-009","nextCode":"857-011","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":9.32,"text":"There are two letters I just sent out, that have been sent out, but I want to make sure to leave them on my desk while I hand them, because I wrote this in here."},{"start":9.34,"end":10.34,"text":"Do you have them?"},{"start":10.36,"end":10.58,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":10.6,"end":13.53,"text":"I just want to leave the letters here, and I'll send them out later."},{"start":13.55,"end":13.81,"text":"All right."},{"start":13.91,"end":15.15,"text":"I'll put them on my desk."},{"start":15.51,"end":15.57,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown woman in the Oval Office to coordinate the handling of specific correspondence. During the brief discussion, the President instructed the visitor to leave two letters on his desk rather than mailing them immediately. The interaction focused on ensuring the proper temporary storage and subsequent dispatch of this personal documentation.","topics":["Presidential correspondence","White House operations","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:24:18.729Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-correspondence","white-house-operations","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"857-010.mp3","bytes":531894,"durationSec":22.03,"bitrate":193181,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/857-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/857-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/857/conversation-857-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}