{"conversationCode":"894-006","tapeNumber":894,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-894-006","startDateTime":"1973-04-12T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-12T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1973","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1973","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 894-006 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. 894-6\n\nDate: April 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:28 pm and 12:29 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Meeting with Oscar Berger\n                 -Photographs\n\nZiegler left at an unknown time before 12:29 pm.","filename":["894-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"894-005","nextCode":"894-007","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":2.46,"text":"Uh, this is a murder film."},{"start":2.76,"end":4.14,"text":"This is a good artist."},{"start":4.48,"end":6.62,"text":"Oh, he doesn't speak too well."},{"start":6.64,"end":7.25,"text":"Let's do it quickly."},{"start":7.41,"end":9.31,"text":"Just one standard picture."},{"start":9.33,"end":12.65,"text":"Just one set-up picture."},{"start":12.67,"end":14.31,"text":"So you can, uh, take about 30 minutes."},{"start":14.96,"end":16.14,"text":"Yes, I'll, uh, run through the lines."},{"start":16.16,"end":16.66,"text":"Sure, I'll do that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler briefly coordinated logistics for an upcoming meeting with artist Oscar Berger. They discussed the constraints of the event, specifically emphasizing the need for efficiency and limiting the photographic session to a single standard set-up. The conversation focused on managing the President's schedule to ensure the interaction remained brief.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Oscar Berger","Public relations","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:24:04.765Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","oscar-berger","public-relations","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"894-006.mp3","bytes":706560,"durationSec":21.97,"bitrate":257242,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/894-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/894-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/894/conversation-894-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}