{"conversationCode":"498-006","tapeNumber":498,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-498-006","startDateTime":"1971-05-13T16:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-13T17:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-May-1971","startTime":"12:50 PM","endDate":"13-May-1971","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-006 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. 498-006\n\nDate: May 13, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -A call\n\n     [End of conversation]","filename":["498-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:49:14","tapeEnd":"02:49:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"498-005","nextCode":"498-007","transcript":[{"start":5.21,"end":10.26,"text":"Oh, that's not necessary."},{"start":10.28,"end":10.77,"text":"Oh, hold it a second."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss his daily schedule. The conversation focused on the logistical management of an incoming phone call, though the dialogue remained fragmentary and lacks substantial policy content. No significant decisions or developments were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Presidential schedule","White House logistics","Telephone communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:14:49.244Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","telephone-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"498-006.mp3","bytes":509701,"durationSec":12.61,"bitrate":323437,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.346Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:51.221Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/498-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/498/conversation-498-006","catalogNaId":417177135,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417177135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}