{"conversationCode":"937-020","tapeNumber":937,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-937-020","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T16:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-13T03:59:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:36 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 12, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 937-020 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. 937-20\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people met at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.\n\n     Greeting\n\n     Oval Office\n          -Press conferences\n          -Speeches\n          -Curtains\n          -Service flags\n                 -Role of President as Commander-in-Chief\n\n     President’s location\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n     Sightings of President\n\n     Press photographers\n\nThe recording cut off at an unknown time after 12:36 pm.","filename":["937-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"937-019","nextCode":"938-001","transcript":[{"start":0.26,"end":0.9,"text":"And go ahead."},{"start":0.92,"end":11.32,"text":"This is your office."},{"start":11.4,"end":14.41,"text":"And this is where the government is headed."},{"start":15.63,"end":16.99,"text":"Ready to go this time."},{"start":17.01,"end":18.05,"text":"100% of the time it's number one."},{"start":18.21,"end":22.79,"text":"It's the needs of Sanford and I have to do it here."},{"start":22.81,"end":25.68,"text":"I also do press conferences and televised speeches."},{"start":25.71,"end":28.56,"text":"You see here, the Army Ministry of the Clothes, the curtains."},{"start":31.26,"end":40.47,"text":"Okay, and they buy service bikes because he's a man of cheese."},{"start":40.48,"end":46.03,"text":"So, is he gone for the O.D.?"},{"start":46.05,"end":47.57,"text":"Yeah, he's gone."},{"start":47.67,"end":47.91,"text":"Okay."},{"start":48.07,"end":50.93,"text":"So, I've seen her."},{"start":51.01,"end":55.85,"text":"I've seen her walk back in cases, too."},{"start":55.91,"end":56.53,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":57.03,"end":67.38,"text":"The, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh, the, uh,"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"An unidentified tour guide or staff member conducts a walkthrough of the Oval Office, describing the space to visitors. The dialogue focuses on the room's significance as the seat of government, highlighting its use for press conferences, televised speeches, and the display of service flags to denote the President's role as Commander-in-Chief. The participants also briefly discuss the President's movements between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building and note the presence of press photographers.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential symbolism","White House tours","Commander-in-Chief","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:35:35.053Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-symbolism","white-house-tours","commander-in-chief","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":71,"audioFiles":[{"file":"937-020.mp3","bytes":2279424,"durationSec":71.15,"bitrate":256307,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/937-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/937-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/937/conversation-937-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}