{"conversationCode":"920-002","tapeNumber":920,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-920-002","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T20:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T20:55:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"4:52 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"4:55 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 4:52 pm and 4:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 920-002 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. 920-2\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 4:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Stephen B. Bull [?]\n              -Time\n              -Sequoia\n                      -Number of attendees\n                      -Arrival time\n              -J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:55 pm.\n\f                                                -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 920-13 (cont’d)","filename":["920-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"920-001","nextCode":"920-003","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":21.18,"text":"Oh, uh, I'm assuming procedure, uh, no, no, no, I don't get, uh, I don't, let's see what happens, I don't know, five, yeah, ten, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know."},{"start":22.48,"end":26.22,"text":"I have to be ready from 5 to 30 on."},{"start":26.24,"end":33.13,"text":"I probably won't be there until 6."},{"start":33.37,"end":33.53,"text":"Okay."},{"start":33.69,"end":33.99,"text":"Bye."},{"start":34.01,"end":34.17,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with an unidentified individual to coordinate logistical arrangements for his upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on establishing timing expectations for an appearance or appointment later that evening. The participants concluded the exchange after confirming the President’s anticipated arrival time.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:14:44.333Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"920-002.mp3","bytes":1273856,"durationSec":39.72,"bitrate":256567,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:03.163Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/920-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/920-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/920/conversation-920-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}