{"conversationCode":"480-002","tapeNumber":480,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-480-002","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T15:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:59 AM","endDate":"15-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:02 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 480-002 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. 480-2\n\nDate: April 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:59 am and 11:02 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person\n\n     Robert H. Finch and Donald H. Rumsfeld\n         -Trip to Europe\n                -Press\n                -Report\n                -Instructions\n                      -Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["480-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:17","tapeEnd":"00:02:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"480-001","nextCode":"480-003","transcript":[{"start":11.15,"end":17.53,"text":"I don't know that Jesus Christ could have given the church this."},{"start":17.55,"end":23.71,"text":"You know, it's a pleasure to survive for us all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with unknown individuals to discuss an upcoming trip to Europe involving Robert H. Finch and Donald Rumsfeld. The dialogue focused on managing press relations and coordinating report delivery, with specific instructions to be provided by Henry Kissinger. No formal decisions were reached during this brief organizational discussion.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","Donald Rumsfeld","Henry Kissinger","Foreign Policy","Public Relations","Europe"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:42:58.154Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","donald-rumsfeld","henry-kissinger","foreign-policy","public-relations","europe"],"audioDurationSec":45,"audioFiles":[{"file":"480-002.mp3","bytes":1072064,"durationSec":44.59,"bitrate":192335,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/480-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/480-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/480/conversation-480-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}