{"conversationCode":"588-011","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-011","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T16:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T16:58:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:56 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-011 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. 588-11\n\fDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 12:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n     The President's schedule\n          -Labor\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:58 pm.","filename":["588-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:58:05","tapeEnd":"02:58:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-010","nextCode":"588-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.11,"text":"Hello there, guys."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual to discuss matters pertaining to the President's schedule and labor-related issues. The session lasted approximately two minutes before the participant departed the office. No specific policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this abbreviated exchange.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Labor relations","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:16:36.538Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","labor-relations","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-011.mp3","bytes":250563,"durationSec":6.12,"bitrate":327631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}