{"conversationCode":"502-010","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-010","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T15:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T15:18:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"11:10 AM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"11:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-010 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. 502-10\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:10 am and 11:18 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     Typewriter\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:18 am.","filename":["502-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:01:25","tapeEnd":"01:01:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"502-009","nextCode":"502-011","transcript":[{"start":11.46,"end":15.22,"text":"This is the answer."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unknown individual to briefly discuss a specific, albeit now unintelligible, proposal or piece of information. The interaction was brief, centered on the delivery of an answer or resolution, and included the distinct sound of a typewriter. No major policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this short exchange.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential Correspondence","Administrative Support","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:25:24.626Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-correspondence","administrative-support","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-010.mp3","bytes":613146,"durationSec":15.18,"bitrate":323067,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}