{"conversationCode":"918-012","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-012","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 918-012 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. 918-12\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\n                 -Gratitude\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:59 am.\n\f                                             -11-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["918-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-011","nextCode":"918-013","transcript":[{"start":3.32,"end":3.97,"text":"That's very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to acknowledge the receipt of a gift. The discussion centered on a pair of cufflinks presented to the President, for which he expressed his personal gratitude. No other substantive political or administrative matters were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential gifts","Cufflinks","White House protocol","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:09:02.973Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-gifts","cufflinks","white-house-protocol","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-012.mp3","bytes":464896,"durationSec":14.41,"bitrate":258036,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.785Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}