{"conversationCode":"868-002","tapeNumber":868,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-868-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-03T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-03T14:17:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"3-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 868-002 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. 868-2\n\nDate: March 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:17 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Schedule\n            -Location [?]\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:17 am.","filename":["868-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"868-001","nextCode":"868-003","transcript":[{"start":5.79,"end":7.22,"text":"This is the name there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. Although the specific nature of the discussion remains unclear due to the brevity and indistinct content of the recording, the participant provided a name to the President before departing shortly thereafter. The exchange appears to be a quick administrative or personal update, as the meeting concluded in under seven minutes.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Oval Office visitors","White House administration","Unidentified visitor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:43:19.359Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","oval-office-visitors","white-house-administration","unidentified-visitor"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"868-002.mp3","bytes":81920,"durationSec":12.29,"bitrate":53310,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/868-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/868-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/868/conversation-868-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}