{"conversationCode":"912-006","tapeNumber":912,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-912-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T14:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T14:40:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"10:16 AM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"10:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:16 am and 10:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-006 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. 912-6\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:16 am and 10:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                            -18-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 912-6 (cont’d)\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     Meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:40 am.","filename":["912-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"912-005","nextCode":"912-007","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.71,"text":"Mr. Ziegler, please hide."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual and Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate office security and privacy measures. The President explicitly instructed Ziegler to hide as the unidentified visitor departed the Oval Office. This exchange highlights the administration's efforts to maintain secrecy and control access to the President during the height of the Watergate investigations.","topics":["Oval Office","Ronald Ziegler","White House security","Watergate","Presidential privacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:56:26.594Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","ronald-ziegler","white-house-security","watergate","presidential-privacy"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"912-006.mp3","bytes":364544,"durationSec":11.28,"bitrate":258541,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:01.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/912-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/912/conversation-912-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}