{"conversationCode":"921-011","tapeNumber":921,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-921-011","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T15:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T15:45:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"11:30 AM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"11:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 921-011 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. 921-11\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:30 am and 11:45 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Donald D. Clancy\n                      -Photograph\n\f                                               -25-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                       -Chair [presentation]\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:45 am.","filename":["921-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"921-010","nextCode":"921-012","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":0.93,"text":"No, I don't want a wire."},{"start":1.01,"end":2.87,"text":"Okay, I'll transfer it to him."},{"start":2.89,"end":3.53,"text":"Okay, give it up."},{"start":3.55,"end":4.84,"text":"I don't want to do this."},{"start":4.88,"end":8.99,"text":"We're out of here."},{"start":10.03,"end":10.13,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual to discuss a matter involving the potential installation or use of a wire. The President explicitly rejected the idea, stating, 'I don't want a wire,' before the participant exited the Oval Office shortly thereafter. The exchange appears to be a quick logistical or security-related interaction rather than a substantive policy discussion.","topics":["Oval Office","Surveillance","Security","Presidential Protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:17:04.629Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","surveillance","security","presidential-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"921-011.mp3","bytes":512000,"durationSec":15.89,"bitrate":257718,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:03.339Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/921-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/921-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/921/conversation-921-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}