{"conversationCode":"866-008","tapeNumber":866,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-866-008","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:56:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:51 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-008 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. 866-8\n\nDate: March 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:51 am and 10:56 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\f                                                -18-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n       Gifts\n               -Ashtrays\n               -Cufflinks\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:56 am.","filename":["866-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"866-007","nextCode":"866-009","transcript":[{"start":8.7,"end":16,"text":"I think we can also hear the presidential conference."},{"start":16.81,"end":17.25,"text":"The news."}],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"866-008.mp3","bytes":141312,"durationSec":23.25,"bitrate":48616,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon briefly met with an unidentified man in the Oval Office. The conversation appears to have been very short, possibly interrupted by a presidential conference or the news. The only discernible topic mentioned was the exchange of gifts, specifically ashtrays and cufflinks.","topics":["Oval Office meeting","President Nixon","Unidentified visitor","Gifts","Ashtrays","Cufflinks"],"generatedAt":"2026-09-18T02:24:27.361Z"},"findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:51.026Z","topicSlugs":["oval-office-meeting","president-nixon","unidentified-visitor","gifts","ashtrays","cufflinks"],"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/866-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/866-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/866/conversation-866-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}