{"conversationCode":"873-004","tapeNumber":873,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-873-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-08T23:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:22 PM","endDate":"8-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:59 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 6:22 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 873-004 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. 873-4\n\nDate: March 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown after 6:22 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n*****************************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n       Return of someone\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time after 6:22 pm.\n\f                                            -16-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                      (rev. May-2010)\n                                                            Conversation No. 873-4 (cont’d)","filename":["873-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"873-003","nextCode":"873-005","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":0.84,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an evening meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The discussion, which remains largely redacted or unrecorded due to the restrictive nature of the archival segment, pertains to the return of a specific person. No further details regarding policy, strategy, or broader administrative developments are discernable from the available record.","topics":["Oval Office","Personnel","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:52:41.192Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","personnel","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"873-004.mp3","bytes":45056,"durationSec":9.85,"bitrate":36581,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/873-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/873-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/873/conversation-873-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}