{"conversationCode":"906-018","tapeNumber":906,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-906-018","startDateTime":"1973-04-27T22:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-27T23:04:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:43 PM","endDate":"27-Apr-1973","endTime":"6:04 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 5:43 pm and 6:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-018 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. 906-18\n\nDate: April 27, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 6:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Henry E. Petersen’s telephone call\n           -Cabinet Room\n\f                                            -28-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 906-18 (cont’d)\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:04 pm.","filename":["906-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"906-017","nextCode":"906-019","transcript":[{"start":2.15,"end":4.8,"text":"How do you know he used the catapult for his call?"},{"start":4.92,"end":5.7,"text":"I don't see much of it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding a telephone call made by Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen from the Cabinet Room. The brief exchange focused on technical or procedural aspects of the communication, specifically referencing the use of a \"catapult\" system. No further policy decisions or substantive outcomes were documented during this short meeting.","topics":["Henry E. Petersen","White House communications","Cabinet Room","Watergate investigation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:44:58.849Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-e-petersen","white-house-communications","cabinet-room","watergate-investigation"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"906-018.mp3","bytes":548864,"durationSec":17.09,"bitrate":256938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:00.621Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/906-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/906/conversation-906-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}