{"conversationCode":"873-002","tapeNumber":873,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-873-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T22:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-08T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"5:52 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"5:55 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 5:52 pm and 5:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 873-002 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. 873-2\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:52 pm and 5:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown Navy Chief.\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Refreshment\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe Chief left at an unknown time before 5:55 pm.","filename":["873-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"873-001","nextCode":"873-003","transcript":[{"start":1.37,"end":4.1,"text":"Well, I'd like to do a tea."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified Navy Chief in the Oval Office for a brief, informal encounter. The primary purpose of the meeting was to offer refreshments to the guest. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were recorded during this short exchange.","topics":["Navy","Oval Office","Protocol","Informal meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:52:29.887Z"},"topicSlugs":["navy","oval-office","protocol","informal-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"873-002.mp3","bytes":69632,"durationSec":12.63,"bitrate":44117,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/873-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/873-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/873/conversation-873-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}