{"conversationCode":"918-028","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-028","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:04:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"1:04 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 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-028 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. 918-28\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n          -Press briefing\n                -Duration\n\n     President’s schedule\n\f                                                 -39-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 918-28 (cont’d)\n\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n           -Ziegler\n                 -Summary of press briefing\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:04 pm.","filename":["918-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-027","nextCode":"918-029","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":1.77,"text":"How many still breathing, Scott?"},{"start":1.79,"end":2.79,"text":"When did he start?"},{"start":3.15,"end":4.82,"text":"He started about 25 or 30 minutes ago."},{"start":4.84,"end":6,"text":"I don't want to go back."},{"start":6.14,"end":10.36,"text":"Well, if you want to go over to the OB, I can have him over there."},{"start":10.38,"end":11.82,"text":"Rachel, I don't think you should be down here."},{"start":11.93,"end":17.33,"text":"Okay, well, I'll tell you what to do as soon as he finishes his breathing."},{"start":17.35,"end":18.53,"text":"Drop over to the OB."},{"start":18.55,"end":18.65,"text":"Okay."},{"start":19.13,"end":23.42,"text":"I'll get you up pretty quick right now."},{"start":24.12,"end":24.38,"text":"Nice."},{"start":24.62,"end":24.86,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual to discuss scheduling arrangements regarding Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler’s ongoing press briefing. The conversation centers on logistical coordination between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building, specifically regarding the timing of the briefing and the President's subsequent movements. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Press briefings","White House scheduling","Executive Office Building"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:36.316Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","press-briefings","white-house-scheduling","executive-office-building"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-028.mp3","bytes":958464,"durationSec":29.84,"bitrate":256960,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}