{"conversationCode":"918-022","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-022","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T16:24:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"12:24 PM","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 12:21 pm and 12:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-022 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. 918-22\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 12:24 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n           -Press briefing\n           -Possible meeting with President\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.","filename":["918-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-021","nextCode":"918-023","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.57,"text":"This is Rob Zegers, your briefing."},{"start":1.95,"end":2.35,"text":"I'll check this."},{"start":2.37,"end":3.23,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":3.27,"end":3.68,"text":"Go ahead."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual, potentially a staffer or press aide, to briefly review information regarding Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule and an upcoming press briefing. The exchange served as a short administrative check-in to confirm procedural details before the President moved on to other business. No major policy decisions were made during this brief interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press briefing","White House administration","Oval Office meetings","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:00.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-briefing","white-house-administration","oval-office-meetings","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-022.mp3","bytes":350208,"durationSec":10.84,"bitrate":258456,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}