{"conversationCode":"884-011","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-011","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T17:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:00 PM","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 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-011 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. 884-11\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 12:59 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                               -28-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 884-9 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with John W. Dean, III.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-166]","filename":["884-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"884-010","nextCode":"884-012","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":5.01,"text":"So, what do you think you want to take up or not yet?"},{"start":15.48,"end":23.32,"text":"Well, why don't you wait until you're approved and if you're not ready then, but you get ready when you and Moore want to bring it in sometime."},{"start":23.7,"end":26.16,"text":"You don't want to send it today or even plan to send it today."},{"start":30.46,"end":32.76,"text":"Well, as soon as you think it's worth discussing, come in."},{"start":34.94,"end":40.82,"text":"Well, for what time, sir, do you, could you, you and the, have you, have you got Dick Carter there, too?"},{"start":40.84,"end":42.68,"text":"You work on it, or together you work on it?"},{"start":48.72,"end":48.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":50.98,"end":51.24,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":52.14,"end":53.08,"text":"Sure, sure."},{"start":53.24,"end":54.88,"text":"We could, shall we say 1.30?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and John W. Dean met briefly to coordinate the timing and preparation of upcoming legal or strategic documentation involving Richard Moore and Dick Carter. The President instructed Dean to focus on finalizing these materials before scheduling a follow-up discussion. The interaction concluded with the pair tentatively aligning their calendars for a 1:30 meeting to review progress.","topics":["Watergate","Legal Strategy","John Dean","White House Staff","Document Preparation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:07:01.437Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","legal-strategy","john-dean","white-house-staff","document-preparation"],"audioDurationSec":64,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-011.mp3","bytes":368640,"durationSec":64.21,"bitrate":45926,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:55.443Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}