{"conversationCode":"918-023","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-023","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 918-023 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. 918-23\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 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\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:24 pm.\n\f                                                -32-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["918-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-022","nextCode":"918-024","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":4.74,"text":"Front just started about 5 or 10 minutes ago, so it'll be a while until the station begins."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual to briefly discuss the status of a press briefing and the related schedule managed by Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation centers on the timing of an ongoing broadcast or news cycle event. No significant policy decisions or further actions were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press briefings","White House operations","Media relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:06.728Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-briefings","white-house-operations","media-relations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-023.mp3","bytes":321536,"durationSec":9.91,"bitrate":259652,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.787Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}