{"conversationCode":"502-018","tapeNumber":502,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-502-018","startDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-20T18:16:00.000Z","startDate":"20-May-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"20-May-1971","endTime":"2:16 PM","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 2:09 pm and 2:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-018 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. 502-18\n\nDate: May 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:09 pm and 2:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown woman.\n\n     President’s schedule\n          -Charles W. Colson\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 2:16 pm.","filename":["502-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:27:39","tapeEnd":"02:28:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"502-017","nextCode":"502-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.27,"text":"Excuse me."},{"start":4.29,"end":4.35,"text":"Go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an brief, unrecorded meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified woman. The discussion focused on the President's schedule and included the involvement of special counsel Charles W. Colson. No further details regarding the substance of the meeting are available as the interaction concluded quickly.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Charles W. Colson","White House administration","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:26:09.170Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","charles-w-colson","white-house-administration","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"502-018.mp3","bytes":178469,"durationSec":4.31,"bitrate":330993,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/502-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/502-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/502/conversation-502-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}