{"conversationCode":"588-004","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-004","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T04:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T15:22:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:01 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:22 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Ziegler, Ronald L.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 12, 1971, Ronald L. Ziegler and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-004 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. 588-4\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown time before 11:22 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nRonald L. Ziegler met with an unknown person.\n\f     Inquiry on location of the President\n\nZiegler, et al. left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.","filename":["588-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:43:20","tapeEnd":"02:43:32","participantsList":["Ziegler, Ronald L.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-003","nextCode":"588-005","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":8.09,"text":"Where is it?"},{"start":8.11,"end":8.35,"text":"Where is it?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler met with an unidentified individual to ascertain the current location of President Nixon. The discussion was brief and centered solely on establishing the President's whereabouts within the White House complex. No policy decisions or substantive political matters were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:15:55.168Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-004.mp3","bytes":370726,"durationSec":9.13,"bitrate":324980,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}