{"conversationCode":"919-023","tapeNumber":919,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-919-023","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T15:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T16:34:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"11:49 AM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","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 11:49 am and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-023 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. 919-23\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n      Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n            -Press briefing\n\n      Weather\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm\n\f                                            -37-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 919-24 (cont’d)","filename":["919-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"919-022","nextCode":"919-024","transcript":[{"start":0.56,"end":4.93,"text":"I was planning to get started on 10 minutes ago, so he freed me right now."},{"start":4.96,"end":6.78,"text":"It's a beautiful day out there, isn't it?"},{"start":6.8,"end":7.02,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.22,"end":7.78,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The conversation consisted of routine pleasantries regarding the local weather and scheduling logistics for a press briefing involving Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Oval Office","Press briefing","Weather"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:13:10.684Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","oval-office","press-briefing","weather"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"919-023.mp3","bytes":436224,"durationSec":13.52,"bitrate":258120,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.983Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/919-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/919-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/919/conversation-919-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}