{"conversationCode":"871-008","tapeNumber":871,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-871-008","startDateTime":"1973-03-07T17:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-07T17:10:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:09 PM","endDate":"7-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:10 PM","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 12:09 pm and 12:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 871-008 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. 871-8\n\nDate: March 7, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 12:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n             Federal Women’s Award\n                   -Arrangements\n                        -Particia R. Hitt\n                        -Press\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm.\n\f                                             -41-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["871-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"871-007","nextCode":"871-009","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":6.73,"text":"And as the women's group is developing to do this in front of the flags, Mrs. Hitt will make the introductions."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to finalize logistics for the Federal Women’s Award ceremony. The discussion focused on coordinating the event's presentation, specifically the staging arrangements involving the placement of flags and the role of Patricia R. Hitt. The meeting concluded with instructions to ensure the introduction and press presence were properly organized.","topics":["Federal Women's Award","Patricia R. Hitt","Event planning","White House protocol","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:49:35.226Z"},"topicSlugs":["federal-womens-award","patricia-r-hitt","event-planning","white-house-protocol","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"871-008.mp3","bytes":53248,"durationSec":11.72,"bitrate":36346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/871-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/871-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/871/conversation-871-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}