{"conversationCode":"878-016","tapeNumber":878,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-878-016","startDateTime":"1973-03-13T20:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-13T20:13:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:13 PM","endDate":"13-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 878-016 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. 878-16\n\nDate: March 13, 1973\nTime: 3:13 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       President's schedule [?]\n\n       Briefing\n\nThe President and the unknown person left at 3:13 pm.\n\f                                             -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 878-15 (cont’d)","filename":["878-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"878-015","nextCode":"878-017","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":0.58,"text":"Did you get it?"},{"start":0.6,"end":0.88,"text":"Did you get it?"},{"start":0.9,"end":1.38,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":1.4,"end":1.88,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":1.9,"end":2.38,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":2.4,"end":2.88,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":2.9,"end":3.38,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":3.4,"end":3.88,"text":"Did you get out the door?"},{"start":25.98,"end":27.41,"text":"Well, let's take that."},{"start":27.47,"end":27.61,"text":"Great."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to facilitate a brief administrative exchange or handover. The discussion appears limited to the successful transfer of specific materials or documents as the parties exited the Oval Office. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were captured during this short, procedural interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Administrative tasks","Oval Office protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:59:06.838Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","administrative-tasks","oval-office-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"878-016.mp3","bytes":225280,"durationSec":36.23,"bitrate":49748,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:53.479Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/878-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/878-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/878/conversation-878-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}