{"conversationCode":"880-001","tapeNumber":880,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-880-001","startDateTime":"1973-03-15T16:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-15T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Mar-1973","startTime":"11:16 AM","endDate":"15-Mar-1973","endTime":"11:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On March 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 880-001 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. 880-1\n\nDate: March 15, 1973\nTime: 11:16 am-11:19 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n       President's press conference\n             -Preparations\n                    -Format\n                    -Start of press conference\n             -Announcement of Dr. David K. Bruce's appointment US\n              liaison office in People's Republic of China [PRC]\n             -Background hand-outs\n             -Briefing by President\n\nZiegler left at 11:19 am.","filename":["880-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"879-006","nextCode":"880-002","transcript":[{"start":55.35,"end":71.22,"text":"We had a signal that he was going to be on the other side of the room."},{"start":71.92,"end":72.28,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":74.82,"end":83.95,"text":"I'll go get the ready machine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met to finalize preparations for an upcoming presidential press conference. They discussed the logistics of the event, including the opening format and the specific briefing materials to be provided to the press. A key focus of the discussion was the planned announcement regarding the appointment of Dr. David K. Bruce to lead the U.S. liaison office in the People's Republic of China.","topics":["Press conference","Ronald L. Ziegler","David K. Bruce","People's Republic of China","Media relations","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:00:27.590Z"},"topicSlugs":["press-conference","ronald-l-ziegler","david-k-bruce","peoples-republic-of-china","media-relations","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":97,"audioFiles":[{"file":"880-001.mp3","bytes":677888,"durationSec":97.05,"bitrate":55877,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/880-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/880-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/880/conversation-880-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}