{"conversationCode":"879-004","tapeNumber":879,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-879-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-14T16:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-14T16:10:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:03 AM","endDate":"14-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 879-004 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. 879-4\n\nDate: March 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:10 am\n\f                                            -3-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 879-4 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man [Navy chief ?].\n\n******************************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\n      Refreshment\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:10 am.","filename":["879-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"879-003","nextCode":"879-005","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":2.89,"text":"Listen, tell him to keep on living."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, possibly a member of the Navy. The conversation consisted of a single directive from the President to convey a message of encouragement for the unnamed subject to \"keep on living.\" No other substantive policy or political discussions were captured during this short encounter.","topics":["Presidential communication","Informal meeting","Navy","Personal instruction"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:00:09.952Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","informal-meeting","navy","personal-instruction"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"879-004.mp3","bytes":65536,"durationSec":10.63,"bitrate":49337,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:53.872Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/879-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/879-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/879/conversation-879-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}