{"conversationCode":"871-001","tapeNumber":871,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-871-001","startDateTime":"1973-03-07T13:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-07T13:15:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:12 AM","endDate":"7-Mar-1973","endTime":"8:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 7, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:12 am and 8:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 871-001 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. 871-1\n\nDate: March 7, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:12 am and 8:15 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President's meeting with John W. Dean, III\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:15 am.","filename":["871-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"870-011","nextCode":"871-002","transcript":[{"start":0.46,"end":0.92,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, followed by a discussion with White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The primary focus of the session involved consultation with Dean regarding ongoing legal or administrative matters. Due to the lack of preserved audio content, no specific policy decisions or action items can be confirmed from this exchange.","topics":["John W. Dean III","Oval Office","White House legal counsel","Presidential meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:48:54.028Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","oval-office","white-house-legal-counsel","presidential-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"871-001.mp3","bytes":59392,"durationSec":11.4,"bitrate":41678,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/871-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/871-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/871/conversation-871-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}