{"conversationCode":"919-026","tapeNumber":919,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-919-026","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 919-026 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. 919-26\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       Refreshment [?]\n              -Placement [?]\n\n       President’s schedule\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n             -Press briefing\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:34 pm.","filename":["919-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"919-025","nextCode":"919-027","transcript":[{"start":16.93,"end":19.69,"text":"Would you let me know when a cigarette finishes its first reading?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an Oval Office meeting with an unidentified individual to discuss administrative logistics and daily scheduling. The conversation addressed the President’s personal schedule as well as the upcoming press briefing agenda for Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Beyond these operational matters, the exchange included brief, casual dialogue regarding the placement of refreshments in the room.","topics":["White House administration","Presidential scheduling","Ronald Ziegler","Press relations","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:13:29.124Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-scheduling","ronald-ziegler","press-relations","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"919-026.mp3","bytes":866304,"durationSec":26.93,"bitrate":257318,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/919-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/919-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/919/conversation-919-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}