{"conversationCode":"908-006","tapeNumber":908,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-908-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T12:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T12:33:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"8:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 908-006 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. 908-006\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:33 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with bipartisan Congressional leaders\n              -Michael J. (“Mike”) Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd and J. William Fulbright\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:33 am.","filename":["908-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"908-005","nextCode":"908-007","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.97,"text":"Are you ready?"},{"start":2.67,"end":5.25,"text":"We have the short three senators."},{"start":5.37,"end":9.48,"text":"Manzala, Byrd, and Fulbright."},{"start":9.52,"end":9.64,"text":"Who?"},{"start":9.7,"end":12.38,"text":"Senators Mansfield, Byrd, and Fulbright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to prepare for an upcoming session with key bipartisan Congressional leaders. The discussion focused on coordinating the attendance of Senators Mike Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, and J. William Fulbright for the scheduled meeting. This brief encounter served as a final logistical confirmation for the President’s impending engagement with these prominent legislators.","topics":["Congressional relations","Mike Mansfield","Robert C. Byrd","J. William Fulbright","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:46:38.843Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","mike-mansfield","robert-c-byrd","j-william-fulbright","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"908-006.mp3","bytes":823296,"durationSec":25.59,"bitrate":257414,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:00.965Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/908-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/908-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/908/conversation-908-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}