{"conversationCode":"878-003","tapeNumber":878,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-878-003","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 878-003 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. 878-3\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      Speech and letter\n           -Delivery\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 878-3 (cont’d)\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.","filename":["878-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"878-002","nextCode":"878-004","transcript":[{"start":0.62,"end":0.95,"text":"to each other."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss the preparation and delivery of a specific speech and letter. The conversation focused on the logistical coordination of these communications, though the transcript remains largely undefined. No significant policy decisions or further actions were recorded during this brief, undocumented exchange.","topics":["Speechwriting","Correspondence","White House logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:57:51.483Z"},"topicSlugs":["speechwriting","correspondence","white-house-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"878-003.mp3","bytes":55296,"durationSec":9.97,"bitrate":44355,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:53.476Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/878-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/878/conversation-878-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}