{"conversationCode":"613-016","tapeNumber":613,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-613-016","startDateTime":"1971-11-04T17:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-04T17:37:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"4-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 4, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 613-016 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. 613-016\n\nDate: November 4, 1971\nTime: 12:35 pm - unknown before 12:37 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nUnknown people met.\n\n     Oval Office\n          -Cleaning\n               -Steam iron\n          -Chair\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 06/03/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[613-016-w001]\n[Duration: 6s]\n\n**************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 12:37 pm.","filename":["613-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:34:02","tapeEnd":"06:34:51","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"613-015","nextCode":"613-017","transcript":[{"start":6.18,"end":6.64,"text":"All right."},{"start":43.52,"end":44.67,"text":"Much rather than that day."},{"start":44.81,"end":46.84,"text":"Much rather than that day."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Maintenance staff entered the Oval Office for a brief two-minute session to perform cleaning duties, specifically involving the use of a steam iron. The conversation was largely unintelligible and served only to facilitate the physical upkeep of the room. No substantive political or administrative discussions took place during this meeting.","topics":["Oval Office maintenance","Housekeeping","Staff logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:45:20.070Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-maintenance","housekeeping","staff-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"613-016.mp3","bytes":1964692,"durationSec":49.01,"bitrate":320732,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.998Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:07.486Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/613-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/613-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/613/conversation-613-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}