{"conversationCode":"884-002","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:29:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:26 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:29 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-002 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. 884-2\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:26 am and 10:29 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n       President's meeting\n             -Hugh Scott\n             - Leslie C. Arends\n             -Ronald L. Ziegler,\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:29 am.","filename":["884-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"884-001","nextCode":"884-003","transcript":[{"start":2.4,"end":6.46,"text":"and eras, and singular."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with Republican Congressional leaders Hugh Scott and Leslie C. Arends, alongside Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The discussion primarily focused on legislative strategy and coordination between the White House and GOP leadership. The participants assessed the political landscape during this short session before the attendees departed.","topics":["Congressional relations","Legislative strategy","Hugh Scott","Leslie C. Arends","Republican Party"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:06:09.791Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","legislative-strategy","hugh-scott","leslie-c-arends","republican-party"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-002.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":11.61,"bitrate":43734,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}