{"conversationCode":"906-005","tapeNumber":906,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-906-005","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T13:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-27T13:36:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:35 AM","endDate":"27-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:36 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:36 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-005 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. 906-5\n\nDate: April 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:36 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      President’s schedule\n            -Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Peter G. Peterson\n                  -Bill Hay [?]\n\f                                               -7-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 906-5 (cont’d)\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:36 am.","filename":["906-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"906-004","nextCode":"906-006","transcript":[{"start":2.85,"end":6.66,"text":"Henry, get the earthquake over there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual to provide instructions regarding Henry Kissinger. Nixon directed the visitor to ensure Kissinger addressed a specific, urgent matter referred to as the \"earthquake.\" This terse exchange likely concerns an immediate diplomatic or political crisis requiring Kissinger's prompt attention.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Diplomatic crisis","Presidential directives","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:43:43.658Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","diplomatic-crisis","presidential-directives","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"906-005.mp3","bytes":630784,"durationSec":19.59,"bitrate":257638,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:00.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/906-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/906/conversation-906-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}