{"conversationCode":"915-017","tapeNumber":915,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-915-017","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T16:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T16:31:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"12:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 915-017 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. 915-17\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 12:31 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Request\n           -Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:31 pm.\n\f                                          -28-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["915-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"915-016","nextCode":"915-018","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":2.23,"text":"Oh, uh, Ron Sanders, please."},{"start":2.25,"end":2.74,"text":"Could he come in?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual in the Oval Office to facilitate a request initiated by Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was brief and focused on the arrival of Ron Sanders for an appointment with the President. No further policy or administrative developments were recorded during this short interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Ron Sanders","Oval Office meetings","White House scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:01:14.506Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","ron-sanders","oval-office-meetings","white-house-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"915-017.mp3","bytes":258048,"durationSec":7.95,"bitrate":259779,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/915-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/915-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/915/conversation-915-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}