{"conversationCode":"942-004","tapeNumber":942,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-942-004","startDateTime":"1973-06-15T12:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-15T13:20:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1973","startTime":"8:46 AM","endDate":"15-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On June 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 942-004 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. 942-4\n\nDate: June 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:20 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Nellie L. Yates.\n\n     President’s forthcoming speech in Pekin, Illinois\n\n*****************************************************************\n[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n\f                                                        -6-\n\n                       NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                                             Conversation No. 942-4 (cont’d)\n\n       President’s forthcoming speech in Pekin, Illinois\n             -Change to text\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Deed of gift - privacy]\n[Duration: 4 m 19 s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[End segment reviewed under deed of gift]\n*****************************************************************\n\n       Yates’s schedule\n            -Tennis\n            -Gardening\n                  -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n\nYates left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.","filename":["942-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"942-003","nextCode":"942-005","transcript":[{"start":3.16,"end":8.08,"text":"Um, there's only going to be one way to start on the 21 page question, and you say two in this case."},{"start":8.12,"end":18.36,"text":"So we could change that in some way."},{"start":18.46,"end":22.8,"text":"What is the ratio of seven to five?"},{"start":22.82,"end":22.9,"text":"Okay."},{"start":33.57,"end":33.97,"text":"Take care."},{"start":33.99,"end":34.55,"text":"Have a good time."},{"start":34.65,"end":36.65,"text":"We're going to play tennis or something."},{"start":36.67,"end":38.49,"text":"Um, no."},{"start":38.51,"end":40.21,"text":"Plant flowers?"},{"start":40.23,"end":47.17,"text":"I was probably working my garden, speaking verbose when you told me how to plant tomatoes."},{"start":47.29,"end":47.73,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":47.75,"end":48.43,"text":"Yeah, you told me."},{"start":50.17,"end":50.45,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":50.79,"end":51.31,"text":"Okay."},{"start":51.39,"end":51.81,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":52.57,"end":53.03,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Nellie L. Yates to review and refine the text of his upcoming speech scheduled to be delivered in Pekin, Illinois. Beyond the legislative or policy-focused drafting of the address, the two engaged in casual conversation regarding Yates’s personal schedule. Their discussion touched upon recreational activities, specifically tennis and gardening advice involving Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo.","topics":["Pekin speech","Speechwriting","Nellie L. Yates","Bebe Rebozo","Personal schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:40:23.303Z"},"topicSlugs":["pekin-speech","speechwriting","nellie-l-yates","bebe-rebozo","personal-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"942-004.mp3","bytes":1873920,"durationSec":58.44,"bitrate":256525,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:06.680Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/942-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/942-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/942/conversation-942-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}