{"conversationCode":"918-005","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-005","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T11:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:10:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"7:50 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"8:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 8:10 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-005 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. 918-5\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:50 am and 8:10 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Nellie L. Yates.\n\f                                                -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 918-5 (cont’d)\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s location\n\nYates left at an unknown time before 8:10 am.","filename":["918-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"918-004","nextCode":"918-006","transcript":[{"start":1.23,"end":2.44,"text":"Freddy, can I stop moving?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Nellie L. Yates in the Oval Office to discuss the current whereabouts of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was brief and administrative in nature, focusing on locating a key member of the President's staff. No further substantive policy matters were addressed before Yates departed.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House staff","Oval Office","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:08:23.311Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-staff","oval-office","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-005.mp3","bytes":323584,"durationSec":9.99,"bitrate":259212,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.783Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}