{"conversationCode":"506-005","tapeNumber":506,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-506-005","startDateTime":"1971-05-28T16:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-28T16:20:00.000Z","startDate":"28-May-1971","startTime":"12:18 PM","endDate":"28-May-1971","endTime":"12:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 506-005 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. 506-5\n\nDate: May 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:18 pm and 12:20 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     President's schedule\n           -Meeting with Henry A. Kissinger\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:20 pm.","filename":["506-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:24:47","tapeEnd":"00:25:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"506-004","nextCode":"506-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.51,"text":"If you see a doctor, please return him now, please."},{"start":5.85,"end":7.95,"text":"Don't let him leave somebody else's when it's convenient, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, two-minute meeting with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss scheduling coordination regarding an upcoming appointment with Henry Kissinger. The exchange focused on logistical instructions to ensure a medical professional was available or properly managed during the transition between meetings. No broader policy or strategic decisions were finalized during this short interaction.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","White House logistics","Medical appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:33:16.186Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","white-house-logistics","medical-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"506-005.mp3","bytes":321620,"durationSec":7.9,"bitrate":325504,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:49.684Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/506-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/506-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/506/conversation-506-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}