{"conversationCode":"918-011","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-011","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T13:59:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"9:38 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 9:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-011 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. 918-11\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:38 am and 9:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     Presidential gifts\n           -Cuff links for Haile Selassie\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.","filename":["918-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-010","nextCode":"918-012","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":4.79,"text":"or the complex beyond what this ambassador are here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to discuss the procurement and logistics of presidential gifts. The conversation focused specifically on the selection of cuff links intended for Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. No other major policy developments or personnel issues were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Presidential gifts","Haile Selassie","Diplomatic protocol","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:08:57.402Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-gifts","haile-selassie","diplomatic-protocol","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-011.mp3","bytes":352256,"durationSec":10.89,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}