{"conversationCode":"919-004","tapeNumber":919,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-919-004","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T13:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T13:30:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"9:25 AM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"9:30 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-004 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. 919-4\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:30 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Request for meeting with Ronald L. Ziegler\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.\n\f                                             -7-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["919-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"919-003","nextCode":"919-005","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.72,"text":"Let me just take a minute now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office for a brief morning discussion. The primary purpose of the meeting was the visitor's formal request for a sit-down with White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No further significant policy matters or official decisions were recorded during this short exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Oval Office","Presidential scheduling","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:11:17.803Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","oval-office","presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"919-004.mp3","bytes":239616,"durationSec":7.35,"bitrate":260924,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.082Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.980Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/919-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/919-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/919/conversation-919-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}