{"conversationCode":"913-004","tapeNumber":913,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-913-004","startDateTime":"1973-05-08T21:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-08T21:46:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1973","startTime":"5:42 PM","endDate":"8-May-1973","endTime":"5:46 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 5:42 pm and 5:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 913-004 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. 913-4\n\nDate: May 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:42 pm and 5:46 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      President’s schedule\n            -Press photograph\n            -William E. Timmons\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:46 pm.","filename":["913-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"913-003","nextCode":"913-005","transcript":[{"start":0.43,"end":3.92,"text":"All right, we'll have a great press picture if you promise."},{"start":4.42,"end":4.55,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Oval Office to coordinate a press photograph session. During the brief interaction, the President secured a commitment from the participant to ensure the success of the upcoming photo opportunity. The meeting served as a logistical arrangement involving White House staffer William E. Timmons to facilitate official media coverage.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Press relations","Oval Office","William E. Timmons","Photography"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:58:09.008Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","press-relations","oval-office","william-e-timmons","photography"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"913-004.mp3","bytes":333824,"durationSec":10.29,"bitrate":259448,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/913-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/913-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/913/conversation-913-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}