{"conversationCode":"862-020","tapeNumber":862,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-862-020","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 862-020 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. 862-20\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 woman.\n\n      Change in press copy of radio talk\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:20 pm.","filename":["862-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"862-019","nextCode":"862-021","transcript":[{"start":5.29,"end":5.57,"text":"Hi."},{"start":6.57,"end":7.49,"text":"Oh, it's in that way."},{"start":9.81,"end":14.75,"text":"Be sure to tell them to change the press copy to read this way."},{"start":15.43,"end":17.29,"text":"This is a great little copy."},{"start":17.91,"end":27.16,"text":"OK. And I want you to open it back."},{"start":27.2,"end":27.24,"text":"OK."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown female staff member to review and approve specific language for an upcoming radio address. The discussion centered on revising the press copy for the broadcast to ensure the messaging aligned with the President's requirements. Nixon instructed the staffer to finalize these changes and ensure the updated text was distributed accordingly.","topics":["Radio address","Press relations","Public communications","Presidential messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T14:41:49.150Z"},"topicSlugs":["radio-address","press-relations","public-communications","presidential-messaging"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"862-020.mp3","bytes":720598,"durationSec":29.89,"bitrate":192845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/862-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/862/conversation-862-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}