{"conversationCode":"894-008","tapeNumber":894,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-894-008","startDateTime":"1973-04-12T18:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-12T18:10:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1973","startTime":"1:06 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1973","endTime":"1:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 894-008 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. 894-8\n\nDate: April 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:06 pm and 1:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      John D. Ehrlichman’s schedule\n           -Lunch\n\nThe unknown man left before 1:10 pm.","filename":["894-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"894-007","nextCode":"894-009","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":2.53,"text":"Would you check to see if Mr. Ehrlich went to Spree?"},{"start":2.65,"end":4.58,"text":"If he's at lunch, I don't want to bother him."},{"start":5.06,"end":5.9,"text":"Let me know right away."},{"start":5.92,"end":7.12,"text":"I'll come down to Spree."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to verify the whereabouts of John D. Ehrlichman. The primary objective was to determine if Ehrlichman was at lunch at a restaurant called Spree, with the President expressing a desire to avoid disturbing him if he was occupied. The conversation concluded with the President instructing the visitor to report back on Ehrlichman's location immediately.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Schedule coordination","White House operations","Staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:24:16.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","schedule-coordination","white-house-operations","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"894-008.mp3","bytes":391168,"durationSec":12.12,"bitrate":258196,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/894-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/894-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/894/conversation-894-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}