{"conversationCode":"926-020","tapeNumber":926,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-926-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T17:00:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 926-020 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. 926-20\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                               -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 926-20 (cont’d)\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n       Ronald L. Ziegler’s schedule\n             -Briefing\n                     -Length\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Ziegler\n                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.","filename":["926-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"926-019","nextCode":"926-021","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.04,"text":"Could you find out how long they expect it to go on?"},{"start":4.06,"end":5.7,"text":"I'm very sure they shouldn't anymore."},{"start":5.76,"end":7.53,"text":"They said they'd figure it within 10 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate the timing and logistics of an upcoming briefing involving Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The discussion centered on determining the expected duration of the session and managing the President’s schedule at the Executive Office Building. No major policy decisions were reached, as the conversation focused exclusively on administrative scheduling adjustments.","topics":["Ronald Ziegler","White House scheduling","Presidential agenda","Executive Office Building","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:23:39.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-ziegler","white-house-scheduling","presidential-agenda","executive-office-building","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"926-020.mp3","bytes":759808,"durationSec":23.64,"bitrate":257126,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:04.164Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/926-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/926-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/926/conversation-926-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}