{"conversationCode":"918-021","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-021","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:21:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"12:19 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"12:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Parris, Stanford E.; Goodnough, Robert G.; Parrish, Harry; Friedersdorf, Max L.; White House photographer;","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Stanford E. Parris, Robert G. Goodnough, Harry Parrish, Max L. Friedersdorf, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:19 pm to 12:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-021 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. 918-21\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 12:19 pm - 12:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Standford E. Parris, Robert G. Goodnough, Harry Parrish and Max L.\nFriedersdorf. The White House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n     Introductions\n\n     Centennial\n          -Manassas, Virginia\n                -Civil War\n\n     [Photography session]\n\n     Manassas\n         -Battlefield site\n               -President’s visit\n         -Partisanship\n\n     Presentation of coins to President\n          -Presidential library\n\n     Presentation of gifts by President\n          -Cuff links\n          -Ladies [golf ?] club\n\f                                              -31-\n\n                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 918-21 (cont’d)\n\n      Support for President\n\nParris et al. left at 12:21 pm.","filename":["918-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Parris, Stanford E.","Goodnough, Robert G.","Parrish, Harry","Friedersdorf, Max L.","White House photographer"],"prevCode":"918-020","nextCode":"918-022","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":1.91,"text":"Mr. President, I'm from St. Paris."},{"start":2.05,"end":2.85,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":2.91,"end":4.47,"text":"President, nice to be here."},{"start":4.69,"end":6.01,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":6.03,"end":7.57,"text":"We're a hundred years old in St. Paris."},{"start":7.61,"end":8.35,"text":"Yeah, Paris."},{"start":8.55,"end":9.61,"text":"Nice to see you again."},{"start":9.73,"end":10.33,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":10.41,"end":11.36,"text":"Good to see you."},{"start":11.39,"end":14.44,"text":"I thought Manassas was older than that."},{"start":14.74,"end":17.38,"text":"We were just older than that."},{"start":17.46,"end":18.96,"text":"Yeah, this is a hundred years."},{"start":18.98,"end":19.48,"text":"It is."},{"start":20,"end":22.22,"text":"Oh, I say we're a hundred years old."},{"start":22.74,"end":23.14,"text":"That's right."},{"start":23.22,"end":24.36,"text":"You don't do that."},{"start":24.46,"end":26.58,"text":"It's a solid book of books."},{"start":27.02,"end":27.56,"text":"Ha ha ha!"},{"start":29.72,"end":33.36,"text":"Well, uh, shall we go over to our visitor here?"},{"start":33.48,"end":38.51,"text":"We'll try to give you some information about the area at the time, and we certainly do appreciate it."},{"start":38.53,"end":39.19,"text":"Oh, I have 300 of them."},{"start":39.21,"end":44.57,"text":"I've got a study from, uh, Massachusetts University."},{"start":44.59,"end":46.67,"text":"So, it's a couple hundred years old."},{"start":46.71,"end":48.34,"text":"Oh, a hundred years old."},{"start":49.16,"end":50.5,"text":"That's about it."},{"start":50.54,"end":51.26,"text":"You've got some flat ears."},{"start":51.32,"end":51.6,"text":"Yes, I have."},{"start":51.66,"end":55.78,"text":"I've got some distorting heads here, two sizes, so I'm going to settle with you."},{"start":60.32,"end":62.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":63.46,"end":64.42,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":66.96,"end":71.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":71.7,"end":73.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":83.42,"end":96.1,"text":"You are going to go ahead and pre-fit the, uh, it has a, both sides of the book, that's number one on the, grade on the side."},{"start":96.12,"end":96.24,"text":"I see."},{"start":96.26,"end":96.84,"text":"It's a limited issue."},{"start":97,"end":97.28,"text":"Haha, yeah, yeah."},{"start":97.3,"end":100.7,"text":"Well, you know where these go, they go to the presidential library, and they're very proud to have it there."},{"start":101.24,"end":103.2,"text":"People would go like that."},{"start":103.77,"end":106.11,"text":"That's just, it'll be there for a couple of years."},{"start":109.08,"end":116.51,"text":"I don't even ask you to get everybody in the line of work."},{"start":116.73,"end":118.21,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":118.29,"end":120.82,"text":"Well, we wish you the best."},{"start":120.94,"end":122.96,"text":"Let's give these gentlemen a hug."},{"start":124.26,"end":124.62,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":124.68,"end":126.12,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":128.39,"end":133.12,"text":"I appreciate your support out there too."},{"start":133.2,"end":134.22,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Congressman Stanford E. Parris and a group of Virginia representatives to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Manassas, Virginia. The participants discussed the history of the Manassas battlefield and exchanged ceremonial gifts, including commemorative coins for the presidential library and presidential cuff links. The meeting served as a brief formal engagement to acknowledge the delegation's support for the administration.","topics":["Manassas","Centennial","Presidential Library","Gift Exchange","Virginia politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:09:55.527Z"},"topicSlugs":["manassas","centennial","presidential-library","gift-exchange","virginia-politics"],"audioDurationSec":148,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-021.mp3","bytes":4726784,"durationSec":147.61,"bitrate":256171,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.787Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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