{"conversationCode":"878-001","tapeNumber":878,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-878-001","startDateTime":"1973-03-13T13:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-13T16:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1973","startTime":"8:14 AM","endDate":"13-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:14 am and 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-001 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. 878-1\n\nDate: March 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:14 am and 11:00 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Stephen B. Bull's schedule\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.","filename":["878-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"877-002","nextCode":"878-002","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":2.73,"text":"Once your seat is not in yet, it's not for you."},{"start":2.93,"end":6.66,"text":"That's why you need to get back to the outside."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss logistical concerns regarding seating arrangements or internal access. The brief exchange suggests a focus on the necessity of relocating to an exterior space to address an ongoing issue. No major policy decisions or high-level strategic shifts were recorded during this segment of the meeting.","topics":["Oval Office logistics","Seating arrangements","Access control"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:57:40.358Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-logistics","seating-arrangements","access-control"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"878-001.mp3","bytes":81920,"durationSec":13.32,"bitrate":49201,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/878-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/878/conversation-878-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}