{"conversationCode":"946-012","tapeNumber":946,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-946-012","startDateTime":"1973-06-22T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-22T15:31:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"22-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:31 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 946-012 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. 946-12\n\nDate: June 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:31 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with and unknown man.\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends\n                      -Meeting\n              -William E. Timmons\n              -Congressional leaders\n              -Henry A. Kissinger\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:31 am.\n\f                                             -19-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 946-13 (cont’d)","filename":["946-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"946-011","nextCode":"946-013","transcript":[{"start":0.56,"end":7.73,"text":"President, Terry Ford and Les Aronson and a couple other congressmen are going to be there for about five minutes."},{"start":7.75,"end":11.01,"text":"Well, I'm sure they all know that we're waiting for them."},{"start":11.03,"end":11.53,"text":"You understand?"},{"start":11.55,"end":11.85,"text":"Yes."},{"start":12.15,"end":12.35,"text":"Yes."},{"start":12.51,"end":14.13,"text":"All the way to Senate on the 10th."},{"start":14.15,"end":15.99,"text":"It's going to be leaders for a while."},{"start":16.01,"end":16.25,"text":"It is."},{"start":16.27,"end":20.88,"text":"The other point is, I mean, we just happen to lay a petition against their name."},{"start":20.92,"end":21.74,"text":"So let them know."},{"start":21.76,"end":22.64,"text":"We're waiting for them to hear."},{"start":44.59,"end":45.78,"text":"We'll wait a minute."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon prepares for an upcoming meeting with Congressional leaders, including Gerald Ford and Leslie Arends, to discuss legislative strategy and pending petitions. The participants coordinate the arrival of these guests and emphasize the importance of maintaining communication with Senate leadership. The brief discussion serves as a final briefing to ensure the President is ready to address key legislative priorities upon the arrival of the congressional delegation.","topics":["Congressional relations","Legislative strategy","Gerald Ford","White House scheduling","Senate leadership"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:45:19.801Z"},"topicSlugs":["congressional-relations","legislative-strategy","gerald-ford","white-house-scheduling","senate-leadership"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"946-012.mp3","bytes":1807622,"durationSec":56.45,"bitrate":256195,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.649Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:07.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/946-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/946-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/946/conversation-946-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}