{"conversationCode":"912-012","tapeNumber":912,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-912-012","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"12:27 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"12:28 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 12:27 pm and 12:28 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-012 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. 912-12\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:27 pm and 12:28 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Donald McI Kendall\n           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:28 pm.","filename":["912-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"912-011","nextCode":"912-013","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":5.32,"text":"I don't know what it says."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified visitor in the Oval Office to discuss his upcoming schedule. The conversation touched upon the logistics of appointments involving Donald M. Kendall and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Due to the limited length and unclear audio of the recording, no substantive policy decisions or action items were finalized during the exchange.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Donald M. Kendall","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:57:04.152Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","donald-m-kendall","alexander-m-haig-jr","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"912-012.mp3","bytes":909312,"durationSec":28.27,"bitrate":257352,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/912-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/912/conversation-912-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}