{"conversationCode":"501-002","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-002","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T12:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T12:53:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"8:52 AM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"8:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 8:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-002 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. 501-2\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:52 am and 8:53 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/14/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[501-002-w001]\n[Duration: 1s]\n\n     Request\n         -Coffee\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 8:53 am.","filename":["501-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:49","tapeEnd":"00:05:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"501-001","nextCode":"501-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.15,"text":"Oh, yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an extremely brief, one-second meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The interaction consisted solely of a request for coffee. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential staff","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:21:42.254Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-staff","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":1,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-002.mp3","bytes":49946,"durationSec":1.11,"bitrate":358783,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}