{"conversationCode":"588-014","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-014","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T17:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T17:55:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:55 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 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-014 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. 588-14\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n\n     Unknown person’s schedule\n         -Forthcoming meeting with Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["588-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:43:14","tapeEnd":"03:43:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-013","nextCode":"588-015","transcript":[{"start":19.29,"end":28.97,"text":"Oh, actually, fine, fine."},{"start":28.99,"end":29.09,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief meeting with an unidentified individual to discuss scheduling arrangements for an upcoming appointment with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The exchange appears to be administrative in nature, focusing solely on coordinating the logistics of the President's calendar. No substantive policy matters or major strategic decisions were recorded during this session.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Henry Kissinger","White House administration","Calendar coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:16:53.847Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","henry-kissinger","white-house-administration","calendar-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-014.mp3","bytes":1215003,"durationSec":30.23,"bitrate":321571,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}