{"conversationCode":"588-022","tapeNumber":588,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-588-022","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 588-022 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. 588-22\n\nDate: October 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown before 11:22 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people met.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 07/24/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[588-022-w001]\n[Duration: 6s]\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":["588-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:47:13","tapeEnd":"02:47:19","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"588-021","nextCode":"589-001","transcript":[{"start":1.43,"end":6.68,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures a brief, largely unintelligible interaction between President Nixon and unidentified participants in the Oval Office. Despite the audio quality, the brief exchange concludes with a formal expression of gratitude. Due to the high levels of background noise and lack of clear dialogue, no substantive policy discussions, political strategies, or actionable decisions can be discerned from the segment.","topics":["Oval Office","Nixon Administration","Audio Analysis","White House Tapes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:17:38.185Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","nixon-administration","audio-analysis","white-house-tapes"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"588-022.mp3","bytes":271460,"durationSec":6.64,"bitrate":327223,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/588-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/588-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/588/conversation-588-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}