{"conversationCode":"884-004","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 10:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-004 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. 884-4\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 10:46 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n        President's meeting with John D. Ehrlichman\n\nThe unknown man left at 10:46 am.\n\f                                               -6-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 884-4 (cont’d)","filename":["884-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"884-003","nextCode":"884-005","transcript":[{"start":3.07,"end":7.7,"text":"Is there a problem again?"},{"start":7.84,"end":9.42,"text":"I'm at Wilson 94-13."},{"start":10.56,"end":11.9,"text":"Set a proxy in 25 minutes."},{"start":13.61,"end":14.13,"text":"No problem."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, cryptic meeting with an unidentified individual, followed immediately by a discussion with John D. Ehrlichman. The participants utilized coded language regarding a potential security or logistical issue involving a 'proxy' set for 25 minutes. No clear policy objectives were established, though the interaction indicates ongoing coordination on confidential administrative or operational matters.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Security protocols","Proxy management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:06:20.875Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","security-protocols","proxy-management"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-004.mp3","bytes":112640,"durationSec":19.72,"bitrate":45695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.068Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:55.442Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}