{"conversationCode":"872-022","tapeNumber":872,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-872-022","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T21:36:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:36 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 4:34 pm and 4:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 872-022 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. 872-22\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 4:36 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\f                                               -54-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 872-23 (cont’d)\n\n       Refreshment\n            -Tea\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:36 pm.","filename":["872-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"872-021","nextCode":"872-023","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":2.96,"text":"I'd like to talk to you again, please, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a conversation accompanied by refreshments. The limited recording captures only a preliminary request from the visitor to speak with the President again. No substantive policy discussions or significant executive decisions are documented during this brief encounter.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential meetings","Informal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:52:06.759Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-meetings","informal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"872-022.mp3","bytes":65536,"durationSec":11.29,"bitrate":46424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:52.257Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/872-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/872-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/872/conversation-872-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}