{"conversationCode":"892-015","tapeNumber":892,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-892-015","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:56:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:54 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 892-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 892-15\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:56 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with George A. Goodling and Samuel L. Devine\n              -Photographs\n                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Arkins\n\nUnknown man left at an unknown time before 3:56 pm.\n\f                                            -47-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 892-16 (cont’d)","filename":["892-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"892-014","nextCode":"892-016","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.99,"text":"Better than you or a ton of others."},{"start":2.01,"end":3.79,"text":"No, just Earl."},{"start":3.83,"end":4.12,"text":"Yeah, Earl."},{"start":4.13,"end":5,"text":"No, all of you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, during which they exchanged casual remarks regarding acquaintances named Earl. The exchange appears to be of a personal or social nature rather than substantive policy discussion, lasting only two minutes. No administrative decisions or policy actions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Social interaction","White House visitors"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:20:57.716Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","social-interaction","white-house-visitors"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"892-015.mp3","bytes":421888,"durationSec":13.07,"bitrate":258298,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:57.264Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/892-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/892-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/892/conversation-892-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}