{"conversationCode":"628-017","tapeNumber":628,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-628-017","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T21:55:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"2-Dec-1971","endTime":"4:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 628-017 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. 628-17\n\nDate: December 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 4:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown man.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 04/26/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n\f[628-017-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 44s]\n\n     The President’s request [?]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]\n**********************************************************************\n\n     The President’s schedule\n\nThe unknown man left at an unknown time before 4:55 pm.","filename":["628-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:18:10","tapeEnd":"05:20:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"628-016","nextCode":"628-018","transcript":[{"start":7.75,"end":9.77,"text":"Thank you for watching"},{"start":32.78,"end":34.16,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":87.17,"end":99.42,"text":"You want to have your money?"},{"start":114.6,"end":117.08,"text":"Thank you for watching!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss scheduling matters. The interaction was brief, lasting less than two minutes, and primarily consisted of logistical exchanges regarding the President's calendar. Due to poor audio quality and limited recorded dialogue, no substantive policy decisions or political developments were captured.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House logistics","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:20:14.781Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-logistics","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":121,"audioFiles":[{"file":"628-017.mp3","bytes":4864832,"durationSec":121.49,"bitrate":320352,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/628-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/628-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/628/conversation-628-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}