{"conversationCode":"898-007","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-007","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T14:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T15:00:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:59 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:59 am to 10:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-007 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. 898-7\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: 9:59 am-10:00 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during\nchronological review 2007-2013]\n\n       Weather [?]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon left at 10:00 am.\n\n                                                                        Conversation 898-26\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:00 am and 10:34 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown persons [United States Secret Service [USSS] agents ?] met at an unknown time after\n10:00 am.\n\f                                               -7-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 898-26 (cont’d)\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with Giulio Andreotti\n                      -Entrance\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-\n2014-038. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 06/17/2019. Archivist: DR]\n[National Security]\n[898-026-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 44s]\n\n       USSS\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.","filename":["898-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"898-006","nextCode":"898-008","transcript":[{"start":5.03,"end":6.1,"text":"Okay, I'll be right back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Oval Office to exchange remarks before her departure. The interaction was limited to a very short duration, serving as a personal check-in rather than a substantive policy discussion. No significant political decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential-First Lady relationship","White House personal schedule","Oval Office daily activities"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:31:10.638Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-first-lady-relationship","white-house-personal-schedule","oval-office-daily-activities"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-007.mp3","bytes":423936,"durationSec":13.15,"bitrate":257973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:58.651Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}