{"conversationCode":"918-031","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-031","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); [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 8:38 am and 8:42 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-031 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. 918-31\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:45 am and 11:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men met.\n\n     Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft [?]\n\n     Preparations for Haile Selassie’s visit\n\nThe tape cut off an unknown time before 11:07 am.","filename":["918-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"918-030","nextCode":"919-001","transcript":[{"start":16.42,"end":17.48,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with individuals, potentially including General Brent Scowcroft, to coordinate the logistics and formal arrangements for the upcoming state visit of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. The discussion focused on essential protocol and security preparations required for the diplomatic event. The conversation concluded abruptly before further substantive policy matters could be addressed.","topics":["Haile Selassie","State visit","Diplomatic protocol","Brent Scowcroft","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:53.426Z"},"topicSlugs":["haile-selassie","state-visit","diplomatic-protocol","brent-scowcroft","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-031.mp3","bytes":1210368,"durationSec":37.71,"bitrate":256796,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}