{"conversationCode":"912-016","tapeNumber":912,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-912-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 912-016 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. 912-16\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Nellie L. Yates [?].\n\n     Buttons\n\nYates left at an unknown time before 12:59 pm.","filename":["912-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"912-015","nextCode":"912-017","transcript":[{"start":3.65,"end":4.13,"text":"Oh, no, thanks."},{"start":4.3,"end":8.77,"text":"When I was, uh, coming here to check the bus, the bus happened."},{"start":10.19,"end":10.33,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal encounter with Nellie L. Yates in the Oval Office. The conversation consisted of casual pleasantries and minor logistics regarding transportation, likely involving a bus. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this short interaction.","topics":["Oval Office","Casual conversation","Logistics","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:57:27.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","casual-conversation","logistics","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"912-016.mp3","bytes":538624,"durationSec":16.73,"bitrate":257509,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/912-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/912-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/912/conversation-912-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}