{"conversationCode":"872-009","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-009","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T17:53:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"12:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-009 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. 872-9\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 12:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President's meeting with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n             -Dobrynin's location\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:53 pm.","filename":["872-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"872-008","nextCode":"872-010","transcript":[{"start":0.24,"end":3.98,"text":"Sir, it's me, the Ambassador."},{"start":4,"end":5.9,"text":"Bud Weiss, Ambassador to Britain."},{"start":5.98,"end":7.43,"text":"Are you ready to see him?"},{"start":7.93,"end":8.99,"text":"He's in Dr. Dissinger's office."},{"start":10.79,"end":10.93,"text":"Yes."},{"start":10.95,"end":12.19,"text":"Yeah, I didn't know."},{"start":12.21,"end":13.59,"text":"I thought it wouldn't be until 1 o'clock."},{"start":13.63,"end":14.07,"text":"I'm sorry."},{"start":14.39,"end":15.84,"text":"I'll see you right now."},{"start":17.1,"end":17.4,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon prepares to meet with Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, who is waiting in an aide's office. The brief discussion with an unidentified staff member serves to coordinate the logistics and timing for this diplomatic encounter. The conversation concludes with the President confirming his readiness to proceed with the meeting immediately.","topics":["Anatoliy Dobrynin","Soviet-U.S. relations","Diplomacy","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:50:51.458Z"},"topicSlugs":["anatoliy-dobrynin","soviet-u-s-relations","diplomacy","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-009.mp3","bytes":145408,"durationSec":23.83,"bitrate":48821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}