{"conversationCode":"912-009","tapeNumber":912,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-912-009","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T14:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"12:19 PM","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 10:46 am and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-009 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. 912-9\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:46 am and 12:19 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Edward P. Boland\n           -Donald McI Kendall\n                 -Edson (“Pele”) Arantes do Nascimento\n                 -Soccer ball\n                      -Autograph\n                 -Photograph\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:19 pm.","filename":["912-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"912-008","nextCode":"912-010","transcript":[{"start":1,"end":10.37,"text":"President, everyone's here except for the Congressman, Congressman Baldwin, but he's on his way and should be here within two or three minutes, as he gets his way for about five minutes."},{"start":11.25,"end":19.6,"text":"Also, Don Kendall is here with Pei Lei, and they brought both a soccer ball, and Pei Lei wants to honor that for you for having made a nice picture of the flags."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown visitor to prepare for an upcoming reception involving Congressman Edward P. Boland and PepsiCo CEO Donald M. Kendall. The session centered on a ceremonial appearance by the legendary soccer player Pelé, who intended to present the President with an autographed soccer ball. The discussion served as a logistical briefing to coordinate the formal presentation, photograph opportunity, and brief meeting schedule.","topics":["Pelé","Donald M. Kendall","Edward P. Boland","Public Relations","Presidential Scheduling","Soccer"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:56:46.369Z"},"topicSlugs":["pel","donald-m-kendall","edward-p-boland","public-relations","presidential-scheduling","soccer"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"912-009.mp3","bytes":878592,"durationSec":27.33,"bitrate":257148,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/912-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/912/conversation-912-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}