{"conversationCode":"862-017","tapeNumber":862,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-862-017","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T18:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:37 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:37 pm and 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-017 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. 862-17\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:37 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\f                                           -39-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 862-21 (cont’d)\n\n       Preparations for radio talk\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm.","filename":["862-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"862-016","nextCode":"862-018","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":2.97,"text":"We're ready anytime."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to coordinate preparations for an upcoming radio address. The brief discussion focused on logistical readiness for the broadcast. No further substantive details regarding the content of the address were captured in this recording.","topics":["Radio address","Public relations","Presidential communications","Media strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T14:41:32.443Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","public-relations","presidential-communications","media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"862-017.mp3","bytes":419041,"durationSec":17.32,"bitrate":193552,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:50.109Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/862-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/862/conversation-862-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}