{"conversationCode":"945-008","tapeNumber":945,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-945-008","startDateTime":"1973-06-19T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-19T20:40:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jun-1973","startTime":"4:30 PM","endDate":"19-Jun-1973","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 945-008 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. 945-8\n\nDate: June 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:40 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n     Leonid I. Brezhnev’s schedule\n          -Meeting with President\n                 -Location\n                 -Press coverage\n                       -Photographs\n                       -Duration\n\f                                            -38-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 945-8 (cont’d)\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:40 pm.","filename":["945-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"945-007","nextCode":"945-009","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":2.33,"text":"Now we have had telephone communication."},{"start":2.37,"end":3.99,"text":"You should be leaving very shortly."},{"start":4.07,"end":8.3,"text":"I have a couple of minutes when he leaves on the road by you so you can go out to the west."},{"start":8.34,"end":11.44,"text":"I just want to get a picture of our island there."},{"start":12.18,"end":12.94,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.96,"end":17.14,"text":"Is there going to be a press picture of the site?"},{"start":17.5,"end":22.41,"text":"Whatever you would like, I think the press office is interested in that."},{"start":22.45,"end":24.59,"text":"We can make it quick, right?"},{"start":24.67,"end":26.79,"text":"We can make it quick?"},{"start":26.81,"end":27.15,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":28.37,"end":28.99,"text":"Oh, we have to."},{"start":29.01,"end":30.33,"text":"I don't want to."},{"start":30.35,"end":31.41,"text":"I don't want two groups."},{"start":31.67,"end":32.51,"text":"It's time to go."},{"start":32.85,"end":34.32,"text":"Small group."},{"start":34.34,"end":35.78,"text":"Do you want to get our meeting on?"},{"start":35.84,"end":36.28,"text":"Get on."},{"start":36.3,"end":36.78,"text":"It's great."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an aide regarding the logistical arrangements for an upcoming meeting with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. The discussion focused on managing press access, specifically the duration and scope of photographic opportunities at the meeting site. The President emphasized a preference for minimizing media presence and streamlining the encounter to ensure a quick and efficient engagement.","topics":["Leonid Brezhnev","Presidential scheduling","Press relations","White House logistics","Soviet-American relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:43:45.578Z"},"topicSlugs":["leonid-brezhnev","presidential-scheduling","press-relations","white-house-logistics","soviet-american-relations"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"945-008.mp3","bytes":1345536,"durationSec":41.96,"bitrate":256536,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.981Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:07.178Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/945-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/945-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/945/conversation-945-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}