{"conversationCode":"918-016","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-016","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T14:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T15:07:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"10:45 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"11:07 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 10:45 am and 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-016 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. 918-16\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:45 am and 11:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     Haile Selassie’s location\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.\n\f                                               -20-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["918-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-015","nextCode":"918-017","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.82,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss the current whereabouts of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. The brief exchange focused exclusively on tracking the Emperor's location during his diplomatic movements. No further policy decisions or administrative actions were recorded during this session.","topics":["Haile Selassie","Diplomacy","Ethiopia","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:09:25.881Z"},"topicSlugs":["haile-selassie","diplomacy","ethiopia","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-016.mp3","bytes":329728,"durationSec":10.2,"bitrate":258610,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.786Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}