{"conversationCode":"900-005","tapeNumber":900,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-900-005","startDateTime":"1973-04-18T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-18T13:38:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 18, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 900-005 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. 900-5\n\nDate: April 18, 1973\nTime: 8:38 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Meeting in the Roosevelt Room\n\nUnknown people conferred in the hallway.\n\n     George P. Shultz\n\n     Meeting location\n\nThe President and the unknown man left at 8:38 am.\n\f                                                -8-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["900-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"900-004","nextCode":"900-006","transcript":[{"start":0.98,"end":1.48,"text":"Let's go."},{"start":1.6,"end":7.48,"text":"If they want to have a meeting in the room, are they ready?"},{"start":7.64,"end":10.34,"text":"Yes, they're ready."},{"start":10.4,"end":10.6,"text":"Hmm."},{"start":17.27,"end":18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":28.47,"end":28.71,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and an unidentified individual briefly coordinated logistics for an upcoming meeting scheduled in the Roosevelt Room. The discussion focused on confirming that the participants were prepared and ready to convene. Following this short administrative exchange, the President departed the Oval Office to proceed with his scheduled activities.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Roosevelt Room","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:34:14.561Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","roosevelt-room","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"900-005.mp3","bytes":2164736,"durationSec":67.56,"bitrate":256333,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:59.086Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/900-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/900-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/900/conversation-900-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}