{"conversationCode":"475-002","tapeNumber":475,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-475-002","startDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:55:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:53 AM","endDate":"6-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:53 am and 11:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 475-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 475-2\n\nDate: April 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:53 am and 11:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man\n\n     Forthcoming Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia, April 7, 1971\n          -Positioning of cameras\n                -Charts\n                     -Type\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 11:55 am","filename":["475-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:55","tapeEnd":"00:03:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"475-001","nextCode":"475-003","transcript":[{"start":36.75,"end":39.02,"text":"to return to the right hand of the chart."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to coordinate visual aids for his upcoming televised address regarding the situation in Southeast Asia. The discussion focused on the technical positioning of cameras and the specific layout and design of charts to be used during the broadcast. This session served as a final production preparation for the President's speech scheduled for April 7, 1971.","topics":["Southeast Asia","Televised address","Presidential communications","Visual aids","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:34:41.745Z"},"topicSlugs":["southeast-asia","televised-address","presidential-communications","visual-aids","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"475-002.mp3","bytes":1186794,"durationSec":49.4,"bitrate":192207,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/475-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/475-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/475/conversation-475-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}