{"conversationCode":"938-005","tapeNumber":938,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-938-005","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T20:52:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:49 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 938-005 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. 938-5\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 4:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Meeting with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:52 pm.","filename":["938-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"938-004","nextCode":"938-006","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":3.08,"text":"Just send me a valet that could come in at this rate."},{"start":3.32,"end":3.6,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified individual to arrange for a personal valet to report for duty. The discussion focused solely on logistics regarding administrative staffing for the President’s office. No significant policy or political matters were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Presidential staff","Valet services","White House operations","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:36:03.850Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-staff","valet-services","white-house-operations","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"938-005.mp3","bytes":311296,"durationSec":9.63,"bitrate":258694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/938-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/938-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/938/conversation-938-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}