{"conversationCode":"919-028","tapeNumber":919,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-919-028","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T19:02:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"3:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-028 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. 919-28\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an Nellie L. Yates [?].\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n             -Length of briefings\n                     -Number of pages\n             -Forthcoming meeting with President\n\nYates [?] left at an unknown time before 3:02 pm.\n\f                                               -53-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["919-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"919-027","nextCode":"919-029","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":1.51,"text":"Is Sigrid still breathing?"},{"start":1.57,"end":3.29,"text":"Yes, sir, he's still breathing."},{"start":3.43,"end":4.47,"text":"I just checked his meds."},{"start":4.55,"end":5.88,"text":"Too bad."},{"start":6.58,"end":9.04,"text":"He wanted to go on over and then had to come over again."},{"start":9.06,"end":10.94,"text":"They keep him so long."},{"start":11.58,"end":13.24,"text":"Well, I had to get one yesterday."},{"start":13.26,"end":14.9,"text":"It was 20 pages, I think."},{"start":15.02,"end":16.05,"text":"Really long reading."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Nellie L. Yates to discuss the administrative management of press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule and briefing materials. The conversation focused on the excessive length of Ziegler's briefings and the burden of reviewing lengthy, multi-page reports. No formal policy changes were enacted, but the exchange highlighted the President's frustration with the volume of documentation required for upcoming briefings.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House press briefings","Administrative efficiency","Presidential scheduling","Documentation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:13:41.729Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-press-briefings","administrative-efficiency","presidential-scheduling","documentation"],"audioDurationSec":38,"audioFiles":[{"file":"919-028.mp3","bytes":1234944,"durationSec":38.47,"bitrate":256834,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.984Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/919-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/919-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/919/conversation-919-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}