{"conversationCode":"917-039","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-039","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"4:36 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"5:10 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 4:36 pm and 5:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-039 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. 917-039\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:36 pm and 5:10 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Ronald L. Ziegler\n              -Barber appointment\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:10 pm.","filename":["917-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"917-038","nextCode":"917-040","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":1.88,"text":"Ron is on his way to Oregon."},{"start":1.9,"end":2.98,"text":"535, this is Barbara."},{"start":3.92,"end":4.8,"text":"Ron, we'll see where we go."},{"start":4.87,"end":6.11,"text":"What do you know?"},{"start":6.15,"end":8.03,"text":"The cop, yeah, he's just over at his office."},{"start":8.13,"end":9.54,"text":"He said he'd be back in a minute."},{"start":9.68,"end":10.14,"text":"Oh, don't."},{"start":10.18,"end":10.88,"text":"Don't rush him again."},{"start":10.9,"end":12.06,"text":"This is Barbara, 535. 535."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual, during which they coordinated logistics regarding Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler's travel to Oregon and communications with office staff. The discussion also included brief mentions of scheduling a barber appointment and managing the pace of interactions with other personnel. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.","topics":["Ronald Ziegler","White House logistics","Presidential scheduling","Staff coordination","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:07:15.117Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-ziegler","white-house-logistics","presidential-scheduling","staff-coordination","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-039.mp3","bytes":520192,"durationSec":12.88,"bitrate":322976,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.597Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}