{"conversationCode":"601-015","tapeNumber":601,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-601-015","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T15:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T15:59:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1971","startTime":"11:54 AM","endDate":"23-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-015 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. 601-15\n\nDate: October 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:59 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal Returnable]\n[Duration: 7s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:59 am.","filename":["601-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:56:57","tapeEnd":"02:58:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"601-014","nextCode":"601-016","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.85,"text":"I'll have a little cut of cheese and pineapple here, because it's going to be a long ride to this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with an unidentified individual. The interaction, which lasted less than five minutes, appears to have been social in nature rather than a formal policy deliberation. Following a short exchange regarding refreshments, the participant departed.","topics":["Oval Office","Informal meeting","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:30:31.592Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","informal-meeting","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"601-015.mp3","bytes":290269,"durationSec":7.12,"bitrate":325991,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/601-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/601/conversation-601-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}