{"conversationCode":"882-002","tapeNumber":882,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-882-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T14:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:14:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-002 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. 882-2\n\nDate: March 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:11 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n             -John W. Dean, III\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:11 am.","filename":["882-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"882-001","nextCode":"882-003","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.92,"text":"Good job, Dean."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss the performance and recent activities of White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The brief exchange resulted in the President offering a commendation for Dean's work. The conversation highlights the President's ongoing oversight of his legal staff during a period of escalating political pressure.","topics":["John W. Dean III","White House Staff","Presidential Oversight","Personnel Matters"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:04:16.973Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","white-house-staff","presidential-oversight","personnel-matters"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"882-002.mp3","bytes":47104,"durationSec":9.29,"bitrate":40548,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/882-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/882-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/882/conversation-882-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}