{"conversationCode":"920-008","tapeNumber":920,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-920-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T21:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T21:39:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"5:39 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 5:31 pm and 5:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 920-008 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. 920-8\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:39 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.’s location\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:39 pm.","filename":["920-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"920-007","nextCode":"920-009","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":12.37,"text":"See if this art is..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to inquire about the current whereabouts of J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. The discussion focused on locating Buzhardt, who served as a key legal advisor during the Watergate investigation. No significant policy decisions were reached during this brief exchange.","topics":["J. Fred Buzhardt Jr.","White House staff","Watergate investigation","Personnel inquiries"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:15:18.458Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-fred-buzhardt-jr","white-house-staff","watergate-investigation","personnel-inquiries"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"920-008.mp3","bytes":581632,"durationSec":18.09,"bitrate":257169,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/920-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/920-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/920/conversation-920-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}