{"conversationCode":"906-013","tapeNumber":906,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-906-013","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T22:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-27T22:37:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:00 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:37 PM","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 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-013 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. 906-13\n\nDate: April 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:37 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n          -Meeting with President\n                -Press briefing\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:37 pm.","filename":["906-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"906-012","nextCode":"906-014","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":2.57,"text":"President, did you want to catch him before the breaking of the earth?"},{"start":3.08,"end":3.54,"text":"Till after."},{"start":4.12,"end":4.26,"text":"After."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding the timing of a meeting with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The participants reached a consensus to delay the interaction until after a specific, unspecified event referred to as the \"breaking of the earth.\" This brief exchange underscores the President's deliberate orchestration of his daily schedule and media strategy during a period of heightened administrative volatility.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Media strategy","White House scheduling","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:44:29.795Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","media-strategy","white-house-scheduling","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"906-013.mp3","bytes":317440,"durationSec":9.83,"bitrate":258431,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/906-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/906/conversation-906-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}