{"conversationCode":"917-032","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-032","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 917-032 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. 917-032\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:53 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n             -Press briefing\n             -Executive Office Building [EOB] office\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:59 p.m.","filename":["917-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"917-031","nextCode":"917-033","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":1.09,"text":"Yes, he's still going."},{"start":1.63,"end":3.91,"text":"I was going to try to get his son to see if I should."},{"start":3.93,"end":5.05,"text":"I didn't even get his briefing."},{"start":5.08,"end":7.98,"text":"Quite a while ago, she had to go back to the table and get it done."},{"start":8,"end":11.6,"text":"So I'll try to send him over to the O.E."},{"start":11.68,"end":11.88,"text":"office."},{"start":11.9,"end":13.9,"text":"Yeah, I'll have to talk to him over there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to coordinate logistical matters involving Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The discussion focused on scheduling a press briefing and facilitating a meeting at Ziegler’s office in the Executive Office Building. The participants also briefly addressed the status of ongoing tasks and potential outreach to a third party.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press briefing","Executive Office Building","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:06:34.667Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-briefing","executive-office-building","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-032.mp3","bytes":704512,"durationSec":17.52,"bitrate":321720,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.596Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}