{"conversationCode":"896-001","tapeNumber":896,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-896-001","startDateTime":"1973-04-14T18:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-14T19:13:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1973","startTime":"1:52 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:52 pm and 2:13 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 896-001 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. 896-1\n\nDate: April 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:52 pm and 2:13 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s Rose Garden tour\n                      -Prize winners\n                      -President’s appearance\n                      -Press\n                      -Tour’s rout and itinerary\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 2:13 pm.","filename":["896-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"895-026","nextCode":"896-002","transcript":[{"start":0.31,"end":2.21,"text":"President, you're just breathing out of the back of your head."},{"start":2.69,"end":3.63,"text":"I've got to get some rest."},{"start":3.73,"end":5.28,"text":"I think it's the same in the floor."},{"start":5.34,"end":7.98,"text":"Great school students who have been in this culture contest."},{"start":8,"end":11.02,"text":"If you don't find a seat, they'll be walking up the driveway here."},{"start":11.08,"end":14.02,"text":"I suggest that you go in just outside your office here in the hall."},{"start":14.04,"end":14.92,"text":"Walk into the Rose Garden."},{"start":14.94,"end":19.91,"text":"Along the far north, the press will be in a chain building down the patio."},{"start":19.93,"end":25.81,"text":"Mrs. Hickson, we'll escort you further into the house and the floor."},{"start":29.73,"end":30.97,"text":"on the right hand side."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an aide to coordinate his participation in a Rose Garden tour hosted by First Lady Pat Nixon for student contest winners. They discussed the logistics of the event, specifically mapping out the President’s route, his interaction with the press, and the placement of attendees. The discussion concluded with a plan for the President to exit his office and proceed through the hall to join the tour participants.","topics":["Pat Nixon","Rose Garden","Public relations","Presidential schedule","Press management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:28:16.147Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","rose-garden","public-relations","presidential-schedule","press-management"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"896-001.mp3","bytes":1153024,"durationSec":35.89,"bitrate":256989,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/896-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/896-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/896/conversation-896-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}