{"conversationCode":"876-003","tapeNumber":876,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-876-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-12T13:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-12T14:30:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:29 AM","endDate":"12-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:29 am and 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 876-003 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. 876-3\n\nDate: March 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:29 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 876-3 (cont’d)\n\n       Request that Henry A. Kissinger\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.","filename":["876-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"876-002","nextCode":"876-004","transcript":[{"start":1.42,"end":1.86,"text":"I'm not kidding."},{"start":1.88,"end":3.04,"text":"You're not kidding."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, high-level discussion with an unidentified male visitor in the Oval Office. The dialogue, which appears to conclude with a directive regarding Henry A. Kissinger, remains largely fragmentary due to the limited transcript. The conversation highlights the President's focused administrative oversight and reliance on Kissinger for ongoing policy matters.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House Administration","Presidential Directives","Executive Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:56:17.094Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-administration","presidential-directives","executive-operations"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"876-003.mp3","bytes":100352,"durationSec":16.53,"bitrate":48557,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:53.048Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/876-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/876-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/876/conversation-876-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}