{"conversationCode":"917-015","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-015","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T15:40:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"11:28 AM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"11:40 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 11:28 am and 11:40 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-015 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. 917-015\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:28 am and 11:40 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President played portions of a previously recorded dictabelt tape.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during chronological\nreview 2007-2013]\n\n       [Pause]\n\n       Dicatabelt entry, March 15, 1973 at 9:30 pm\n              -Press conference, March 15 [31st press conference]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                       -Preparations, March 14\n                       -President’s assessment\n\n       [Pause]\n\n       Visit to Camp David, March 18, 1973\n               -Sunday night meeting\n               -President’s meeting with Hugh [?] Scott\n                      -Difficulty\n\n       [Pause]\n\nAn unknown man entered at an unknown time after 11:20 am.\n\n       Greeting\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:40 am.\n\n**********************************************************************\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/13/2017.\nSegment will remain closed.]\n[Personal returnable]\n[917-015-w001]\n[Duration: 14 s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["917-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"917-014","nextCode":"917-016","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":11.56,"text":"I like 30pm on the 15th of March."},{"start":11.58,"end":18.28,"text":"I studied yesterday afternoon and most of the morning is in person."},{"start":73.49,"end":75.87,"text":"So then I feel that we're just going to be in trouble."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon reviewed personal dictabelt recordings from mid-March 1973 with an unknown participant to reflect on past events. The discussion revisited the President's preparations for his March 15th press conference and a subsequent meeting with Senator Hugh Scott at Camp David. The session served as a retrospective analysis of political strategy and internal challenges faced during that period.","topics":["Dictabelt recordings","Press conference","Hugh Scott","Camp David","Political strategy","White House tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:04:54.758Z"},"topicSlugs":["dictabelt-recordings","press-conference","hugh-scott","camp-david","political-strategy","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":107,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-015.mp3","bytes":4276224,"durationSec":106.78,"bitrate":320389,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.595Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}