{"conversationCode":"584-009","tapeNumber":584,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-584-009","startDateTime":"1971-10-05T18:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T03:59:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:29 PM","endDate":"5-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 5, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:29 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 584-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 584-9\n\nDate: October 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:29 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people met.\n\n     The President's location\n          -Barber shop\n\n     George [Surname unknown]\n\nThe unknown people left before 11:59 pm.","filename":["584-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:42:13","tapeEnd":"04:42:42","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"584-008","nextCode":"585-001","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":19.76,"text":"This is the barbershop."},{"start":25.61,"end":25.99,"text":"About a minute ago."},{"start":26.01,"end":27.43,"text":"Right."},{"start":27.45,"end":27.83,"text":"Turn this on first."},{"start":27.85,"end":27.93,"text":"Why?"},{"start":27.95,"end":28.67,"text":"Rather than me, I'd rather..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual, identified only as George, within the White House barbershop. The brief exchange centered on the operation of the recording equipment and the procedural preference for initiating the taping system. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this technical interaction.","topics":["White House Taping System","Oval Office","Barbershop","Audio Equipment","Procedural Protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:12:52.075Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-taping-system","oval-office","barbershop","audio-equipment","procedural-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"584-009.mp3","bytes":1151761,"durationSec":28.67,"bitrate":321397,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/584-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/584-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/584/conversation-584-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}