{"conversationCode":"872-002","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T02:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T02:54:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:54 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-002 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. 872-2\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: 9:54 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Arrival\n\nThe unknown man left at 9:54 am.","filename":["872-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"872-001","nextCode":"872-003","transcript":[{"start":4.13,"end":4.58,"text":"Dankeschön."},{"start":4.62,"end":4.7,"text":"Ja."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual, during which Henry Kissinger also made an appearance. The interaction consisted primarily of brief pleasantries exchanged in German. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions were recorded during this segment of the tape.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Oval Office","Diplomatic courtesy","Informal meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:50:09.627Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","oval-office","diplomatic-courtesy","informal-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-002.mp3","bytes":79872,"durationSec":13.64,"bitrate":46845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}