{"conversationCode":"915-018","tapeNumber":915,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-915-018","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 915-018 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. 915-18\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     Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n          -Briefing\n                -Questions and answers\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:31 pm.","filename":["915-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"915-017","nextCode":"915-019","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":2.15,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":2.77,"end":3.75,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss briefing preparations for Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation focused on managing potential questions and answers during upcoming media engagements. No further substantive details regarding policy or strategy were recorded due to the brevity and indistinct nature of the exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press relations","Briefing preparation","Media strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:01:19.825Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-relations","briefing-preparation","media-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"915-018.mp3","bytes":497664,"durationSec":15.41,"bitrate":258303,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/915-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/915-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/915/conversation-915-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}