{"conversationCode":"501-008","tapeNumber":501,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-501-008","startDateTime":"1971-05-19T15:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-19T15:07:00.000Z","startDate":"19-May-1971","startTime":"11:04 AM","endDate":"19-May-1971","endTime":"11:07 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 11:04 am and 11:07 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 501-008 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. 501-8\n\nDate: May 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:04 am and 11:07 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     President’s schedule\n\nThe President and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:07 am.","filename":["501-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:26:37","tapeEnd":"01:29:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"501-007","nextCode":"501-009","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.83,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, three-minute meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The discussion was limited to logistical matters regarding the President’s daily schedule. No substantial policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this brief encounter.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:22:16.099Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"501-008.mp3","bytes":677930,"durationSec":16.81,"bitrate":322725,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/501-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/501-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/501/conversation-501-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}