{"conversationCode":"918-030","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-030","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T12:42:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"8:42 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 8:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-030 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. 918-30\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:38 am and 8:42 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nTwo unknown men met with Nellie L. Yates [?].\n\n     Problem\n           -Hearing [?]\n                -Diagnosis\n           -Lawrence M. Higby [?]\n\nYates left at an unknown time before 8:42 am.\n\f                                               -9-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 918-30 (cont’d)\n\n     Escort duty [?]\n          -Timing\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman [?]\n\n     Operation of device\n          -Timing\n          -Switching off\n\nThe unknown men left at an unknown time before 8:42 am.","filename":["918-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-029","nextCode":"918-031","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.51,"text":"You gotta ask for it?"},{"start":29.83,"end":30.15,"text":"You know, it's 49."},{"start":30.19,"end":30.27,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.29,"end":30.39,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.41,"end":30.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.51,"end":30.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.63,"end":30.71,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":30.73,"end":30.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":69.11,"end":77.16,"text":"It's going to take about 10 seconds to get one of the words to come up on the show."},{"start":77.18,"end":79.78,"text":"Yes, it has to do with this."},{"start":79.88,"end":83,"text":"I want it to have a switch on."},{"start":83.02,"end":86.34,"text":"You're obviously going to be on it."},{"start":86.39,"end":86.47,"text":"Okay."},{"start":100.69,"end":101.01,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon, Nellie L. Yates, and several unknown individuals met briefly in the Oval Office to discuss technical equipment and its operation. The participants coordinated the timing and functionality of a device, specifically focusing on the necessity of an external switch. This discussion also touched upon administrative personnel and arrangements regarding escort duties.","topics":["Oval Office operations","Technical equipment","Personnel","Administrative logistics","White House security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:47.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-operations","technical-equipment","personnel","administrative-logistics","white-house-security"],"audioDurationSec":142,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-030.mp3","bytes":4560353,"durationSec":142.44,"bitrate":256133,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.784Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}