{"conversationCode":"884-006","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-006","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:47:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dean, John W., III;","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:46 am to 10:47 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-006 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. 884-6\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 10:46 am - 10:47 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-164]","filename":["884-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"884-005","nextCode":"884-007","transcript":[{"start":3.25,"end":6.64,"text":"Do you have a statement or are we ready to plan to make it with you together?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John Dean briefly conferred regarding the status of a potential public statement. The exchange focused on whether Dean had prepared a draft or if the two needed to coordinate the planning of a joint release. No specific decisions were reached during this short preliminary discussion, which functioned as a prompt to align their messaging strategy.","topics":["Watergate scandal","Public relations","Executive strategy","White House messaging"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:06:31.661Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate-scandal","public-relations","executive-strategy","white-house-messaging"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-006.mp3","bytes":139264,"durationSec":24.32,"bitrate":45810,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}