{"conversationCode":"909-018","tapeNumber":909,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-909-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-02T14:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-02T14:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1973","startTime":"10:31 AM","endDate":"2-May-1973","endTime":"10:43 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 10:31 am and 10:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 909-018 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. 909-18\n\nDate: May 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:31 am and 10:43 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n       Request for meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\f                                                -26-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 909-30 (cont’d)","filename":["909-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"909-017","nextCode":"909-019","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.64,"text":"Commissioner Zegar, come back, please."},{"start":1.7,"end":2.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, who appeared to be coordinating personnel matters. The discussion focused primarily on facilitating a meeting between the President and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No other substantive policy issues or administrative decisions were captured during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House administration","Scheduling","Personnel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:50:31.819Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-administration","scheduling","personnel"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"909-018.mp3","bytes":245760,"durationSec":7.56,"bitrate":260063,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:01.168Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/909-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/909-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/909/conversation-909-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}