{"conversationCode":"859-016","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-016","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:17:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:16 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dent, Harry S.;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Harry S. Dent met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:16 am to 10:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-016 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. 859-16\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Between 10:16 am and 10:17 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Harry S. Dent.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-144]","filename":["859-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dent, Harry S."],"prevCode":"859-015","nextCode":"859-017","transcript":[{"start":6.67,"end":10.87,"text":"Oh, you went in town here, aren't you?"},{"start":10.96,"end":21.44,"text":"Oh, I think that, well, I'll tell you, they were gonna have you come in a little later once you drop over now at the office once you get a picture and get a little report from South Carolina."},{"start":22.3,"end":23.26,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with White House aide Harry S. Dent to coordinate an informal briefing regarding developments in South Carolina. The conversation served primarily as a scheduling touchpoint to ensure Dent could provide a report and photograph after attending to other business. No major policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["South Carolina","Political reporting","Scheduling","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:26:38.004Z"},"topicSlugs":["south-carolina","political-reporting","scheduling","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-016.mp3","bytes":711162,"durationSec":29.51,"bitrate":192813,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}