{"conversationCode":"872-017","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-017","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T19:20:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:20 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 2:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-017 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. 872-17\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: 2:20 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n      Refreshment\n           -Tea\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at 2:20 pm.","filename":["872-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"872-016","nextCode":"872-018","transcript":[{"start":4.08,"end":5.86,"text":"Well, Monty, you'll have to use her."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual, addressed as Monty, to discuss the utilization of an unnamed female associate. The brief interaction serves as a directive regarding personnel or resource management. No further substantive details regarding the context of this assignment were recorded.","topics":["Personnel management","White House operations","Staffing","Presidential directives"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:51:37.340Z"},"topicSlugs":["personnel-management","white-house-operations","staffing","presidential-directives"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-017.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.99,"bitrate":46229,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}