{"conversationCode":"917-031","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-031","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T16:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"12:53 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"12:59 PM","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 12:53 pm and 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-031 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. 917-031\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:53 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n             -Press briefing\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:59 pm.","filename":["917-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"917-030","nextCode":"917-032","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":0.41,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":0.43,"end":1.29,"text":"He's still in his briefing."},{"start":1.87,"end":2.99,"text":"He should be done shortly."},{"start":3.01,"end":4.56,"text":"I know he's been taking quite a few questions."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss the status of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler, who was currently engaged in a lengthy press briefing. The participants briefly noted that Ziegler was facing a high volume of questions from the press corps. No major policy decisions were made during this short exchange, which focused primarily on scheduling updates.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press relations","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:06:29.036Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-relations","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-031.mp3","bytes":200704,"durationSec":4.92,"bitrate":326212,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.596Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}