{"conversationCode":"492-008","tapeNumber":492,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-492-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T22:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T12:45:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"6:13 PM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"8:45 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:13 pm on May 5, 1971 and 8:45 am on May 6, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 492-008 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. 492-8\n\nDate: Unknown between May 5 and May 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:13 pm, May 5 and 8:45 am, May 6, 1971\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Rose Mary Woods\n[Recording begins while the conversation is in progress]\n\n     An unknown man\n\nRecording ends while the conversation is in progress at an unknown time before 8:45 am, May 6,\n1971","filename":["492-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:07:32","tapeEnd":"03:07:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"492-007","nextCode":"493-001","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.04,"text":"But no, I think he said that because it's not what you're hoping for."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, held an informal consultation in the Oval Office to discuss personal or administrative matters. The brief and fragmented dialogue centers on an unidentified third party’s assessment of expectations or specific information. No formal decisions were finalized during this exchange, as the conversation remains incomplete.","topics":["Oval Office","Personal Administration","Rose Mary Woods","White House Staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:06:17.685Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","personal-administration","rose-mary-woods","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"492-008.mp3","bytes":127269,"durationSec":3.05,"bitrate":333999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:50.174Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/492-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/492-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/492/conversation-492-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}