{"conversationCode":"904-004","tapeNumber":904,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-904-004","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:25:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:17 AM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:17 am and 8:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 904-004 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. 904-4\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:17 am and 8:25 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Barber\n                 -Availability\n           -Telephone call\n           -Meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman\n                 -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:25 am.","filename":["904-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"904-003","nextCode":"904-005","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":1.94,"text":"President Barber is available now."},{"start":2.04,"end":2.92,"text":"He came a little bit early."},{"start":2.94,"end":3,"text":"Oh."},{"start":3.08,"end":5.4,"text":"If you wish to go down, he's available."},{"start":5.78,"end":6.18,"text":"Fine."},{"start":6.6,"end":9.32,"text":"Well, I'll tell you, I've got one call coming in."},{"start":9.5,"end":10.04,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":10.1,"end":10.9,"text":"No problem."},{"start":10.93,"end":12.46,"text":"Okay, about ten minutes."},{"start":12.71,"end":21.13,"text":"And then why don't you tell Lee, tell them to come in 15 minutes early."},{"start":21.33,"end":21.69,"text":"All right."},{"start":21.79,"end":23.39,"text":"Right over to the O.D."},{"start":23.87,"end":24.01,"text":"office."},{"start":24.15,"end":25.75,"text":"Yeah, I'll be ready to see you."},{"start":25.91,"end":27.43,"text":"Fine, thank you."},{"start":32.48,"end":32.7,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated his morning schedule with an aide, confirming the immediate availability of his barber. He further requested a brief delay to accommodate an incoming telephone call before meeting with H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Instructions were issued to have these advisors arrive at the Executive Office Building 15 minutes ahead of their scheduled appointment.","topics":["Presidential schedule","H.R. Haldeman","John Ehrlichman","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:40:36.805Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","h-r-haldeman","john-ehrlichman","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"904-004.mp3","bytes":1050624,"durationSec":32.68,"bitrate":257190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/904-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/904-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/904/conversation-904-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}