{"conversationCode":"588-015","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-015","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 588-015 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. 588-15\n\fDate: 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     Unknown person's schedule\n         -The President's schedule","filename":["588-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:43:46","tapeEnd":"03:44:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-014","nextCode":"588-016","transcript":[{"start":4.99,"end":8.2,"text":"Yeah, he's, uh, currently back there now."},{"start":8.36,"end":9.35,"text":"We've had him caught."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal discussion with an unidentified individual regarding scheduling logistics. The conversation focused on the current whereabouts and movement of a third party, confirming their location. No major policy decisions were reached, as the dialogue served primarily to coordinate the President's immediate calendar.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:16:59.105Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-015.mp3","bytes":453273,"durationSec":11.2,"bitrate":323802,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}