{"conversationCode":"909-009","tapeNumber":909,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-909-009","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T13:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-009 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. 909-9\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 and 9:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Request for meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.","filename":["909-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"909-008","nextCode":"909-010","transcript":[{"start":0.96,"end":1.93,"text":"Ziggler, Ziggler."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to facilitate a meeting with White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was exceptionally brief, serving primarily to arrange contact between the participant and Ziegler. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this short encounter.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Oval Office","Scheduling","White House Press Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:49:40.212Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","oval-office","scheduling","white-house-press-office"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"909-009.mp3","bytes":233472,"durationSec":7.16,"bitrate":260862,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/909-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/909/conversation-909-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}