{"conversationCode":"918-007","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-007","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:37:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"8:36 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"8:37 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:36 am to 8:37 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-007 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. 918-7\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 8:36 am - 8:37 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.\n\n      Stephen B. Bull’s schedule\n           -Forthcoming arrival\n\n      President’s schedule\n            -Bipartisan Congressional leadership meeting\n                  -Elliot L. Richardson [?]\n                  -Press relations [PR]\n\nZiegler left at 8:37 am.","filename":["918-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Ziegler, Ronald L."],"prevCode":"918-006","nextCode":"918-008","transcript":[{"start":0.73,"end":2.27,"text":"You need to do your own term."},{"start":2.45,"end":4.09,"text":"The people are just gathering in their houses."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.82,"text":"Not the buildings."},{"start":7.12,"end":10.77,"text":"You have to be fine with this."},{"start":10.95,"end":13.44,"text":"We can do a restriction on this."},{"start":14.04,"end":14.46,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Ronald Ziegler held a brief morning briefing to coordinate the logistics and public relations strategy for an upcoming meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership. The discussion touched upon the presence of Elliot L. Richardson and the handling of press relations regarding the event. They also addressed tactical concerns regarding building access and potential restrictions for attendees gathering for the session.","topics":["Congressional relations","Public relations","White House logistics","Elliot L. Richardson","Meeting coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:08:35.006Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","public-relations","white-house-logistics","elliot-l-richardson","meeting-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-007.mp3","bytes":632832,"durationSec":19.67,"bitrate":257423,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}