{"conversationCode":"917-001","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-001","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T12:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T12:56:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"8:42 AM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"8:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:42 am and 8:56 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-001 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. 917-001\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:42 am and 8:56 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Request for meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:56 am.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["917-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"916-020","nextCode":"917-002","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":1.65,"text":"What do you think of it?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified male visitor in the Oval Office. The primary purpose of the encounter was the visitor's request for a subsequent meeting with White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Following this brief interaction, the unidentified man departed the office.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Scheduling","White House administration","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:03:46.863Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","scheduling","white-house-administration","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-001.mp3","bytes":92160,"durationSec":2.17,"bitrate":339373,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.593Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}