{"conversationCode":"588-005","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-005","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":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 12, 1971, 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 588-005 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. 588-5\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown before 11:22 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people met.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2019. Segment\ncleared for release.]\n[Non-Historical]\n[588-005-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.","filename":["588-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:43:32","tapeEnd":"02:44:00","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-004","nextCode":"588-006","transcript":[{"start":4.35,"end":5.91,"text":"Recording center, ready to shoot."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording consists primarily of ambient room noise and unintelligible background chatter between unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. No substantive policy discussions, political deliberations, or administrative decisions were captured during this brief segment. Consequently, the recording provides no historical insight into the administration's activities or objectives.","topics":["Oval Office","Ambient Noise","Unidentified Participants","Administrative Records"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:16:00.874Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","ambient-noise","unidentified-participants","administrative-records"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-005.mp3","bytes":322660,"durationSec":7.92,"bitrate":325877,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}