{"conversationCode":"495-007","tapeNumber":495,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-495-007","startDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-07T14:55:00.000Z","startDate":"7-May-1971","startTime":"10:52 AM","endDate":"7-May-1971","endTime":"10:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Garcia, Betty;","description":"On May 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Betty Garcia met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:52 am and 10:55 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 495-007 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. 495-7\n\nDate: May 7, 1971\n\nTime: 10:52 am - unknown before 10:55 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Betty Garcia.\n\n[See Conversation No. 2-119]","filename":["495-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:09:11","tapeEnd":"00:11:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Garcia, Betty"],"prevCode":"495-006","nextCode":"495-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.9,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.72,"end":6.94,"text":"Oh."},{"start":7.88,"end":8.36,"text":"Sorry."},{"start":10.89,"end":11.95,"text":"Sure."},{"start":13.59,"end":13.83,"text":"Hello."},{"start":13.85,"end":14.97,"text":"Yeah, I want to talk to the senator."},{"start":14.99,"end":16.64,"text":"He was just on my call."},{"start":17.24,"end":18.12,"text":"I was reading my news."},{"start":18.14,"end":23.75,"text":"I mean, I know he stepped up for some of these, uh, these, uh, little friends we had around here."},{"start":23.77,"end":24.83,"text":"This, I guess, is important."},{"start":24.85,"end":25.33,"text":"I appreciate it."},{"start":26.64,"end":40.79,"text":"Of course, I thought it was disgraceful that he entered me in this door and everything, but we can always count on him to stand up, can't we?"},{"start":40.81,"end":41.07,"text":"You got it."},{"start":41.09,"end":41.45,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":41.47,"end":42.85,"text":"Well, you and Tom, that's all I called for."},{"start":42.87,"end":45.34,"text":"Get a good rest down there and get that shoulder warm."},{"start":46.24,"end":46.44,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":46.46,"end":46.68,"text":"Sure, sure."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Betty Garcia held a brief, informal exchange regarding a recent interaction with a senator and his supportive stance on administration associates. Nixon expressed personal frustration regarding the senator's physical conduct during a meeting while simultaneously acknowledging his reliable political loyalty. The conversation concluded with Nixon offering well wishes for Garcia's upcoming rest and recovery from a shoulder injury.","topics":["Political loyalty","Congressional relations","Personal well-being","Staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:09:42.593Z"},"topicSlugs":["political-loyalty","congressional-relations","personal-well-being","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"495-007.mp3","bytes":1885832,"durationSec":47.01,"bitrate":320936,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.345Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/495-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/495-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/495/conversation-495-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}