{"conversationCode":"489-016","tapeNumber":489,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-489-016","startDateTime":"1971-04-26T18:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-26T18:55:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1971","startTime":"2:54 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1971","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Chapin, Dwight L.;","description":"On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 2:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-016 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. 489-16\n\nDate: April 26, 1971\nTime: 2:54 pm - 2:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Dwight L. Chapin.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -California\n                 -H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                       -Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo\n\nChapin left at 2:55 pm.","filename":["489-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:45:13","tapeEnd":"01:46:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Chapin, Dwight L."],"prevCode":"489-015","nextCode":"489-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":12.88,"text":"Sorry about the, uh, uh, let me check with you to see if you would be able to come out to California this weekend by any chance."},{"start":12.9,"end":14.8,"text":"Oh, I, uh, I don't know yet."},{"start":14.82,"end":15.42,"text":"Ask me about it tomorrow."},{"start":16.2,"end":16.3,"text":"Okay."},{"start":16.33,"end":17.11,"text":"Okay, very good."},{"start":17.13,"end":17.99,"text":"That's fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Dwight L. Chapin regarding a potential trip to California for the upcoming weekend. The President intended to coordinate the logistics of this visit with H.R. Haldeman and Bebe Rebozo. Chapin deferred his response, agreeing to provide the President with a definitive answer the following day.","topics":["Presidential travel","California","Scheduling","H.R. Haldeman","Bebe Rebozo"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:58:18.922Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-travel","california","scheduling","h-r-haldeman","bebe-rebozo"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"489-016.mp3","bytes":724950,"durationSec":18,"bitrate":322287,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/489-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/489/conversation-489-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}