{"conversationCode":"949-008","tapeNumber":949,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-949-008","startDateTime":"1973-07-12T20:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-07-12T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jul-1973","startTime":"4:22 PM","endDate":"12-Jul-1973","endTime":"4:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On July 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 949-008 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. 949-8\n\nDate: July 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 6:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule\n              -[National Commission on Fire Prevention]\n                      -Cancellation\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 6:25 pm.","filename":["949-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"949-007","nextCode":"949-009","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":3.56,"text":"President Henry is detained for about five minutes."},{"start":3.58,"end":7.76,"text":"It's too late to cancel this appointment."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown visitor to address scheduling concerns regarding Henry Kissinger. The discussion centered on a delay in Kissinger’s arrival and the logistical impossibility of cancelling a subsequent appointment with the National Commission on Fire Prevention. No significant policy actions were taken beyond the management of the President's immediate calendar.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Henry Kissinger","White House Schedule","National Commission on Fire Prevention","Appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:52:04.290Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","henry-kissinger","white-house-schedule","national-commission-on-fire-prevention","appointments"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"949-008.mp3","bytes":583680,"durationSec":18.12,"bitrate":257695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.981Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/949-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/949-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/949/conversation-949-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}