{"conversationCode":"496-002","tapeNumber":496,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-496-002","startDateTime":"1971-05-10T12:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-10T16:46:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1971","startTime":"8:00 AM","endDate":"10-May-1971","endTime":"12:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 10, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-002 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. 496-002\n\nDate: May 10, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: Unknown between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown persons met.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 05/17/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[496-002-w001]\n[Duration: 25s]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation. ]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe unknown persons left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm","filename":["496-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:35","tapeEnd":"00:09:15","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"496-001","nextCode":"496-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":17.95,"text":"That's good."},{"start":17.97,"end":18.21,"text":"That's good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures a brief, unidentified interaction in the Oval Office between the President and one or more unknown participants. Due to the poor quality of the audio and significant background noise, the substance of the exchange remains largely indecipherable. No specific policy decisions or significant developments can be discerned from the minimal audible transcript.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential communication","Audio quality","Unidentified participants"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:11:46.714Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-communication","audio-quality","unidentified-participants"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"496-002.mp3","bytes":1027987,"durationSec":25.57,"bitrate":321605,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:50.866Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/496-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/496-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/496/conversation-496-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}