{"conversationCode":"634-002","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-002","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-002 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. 634-2\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-71]","filename":["634-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:47","tapeEnd":"00:11:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"634-001","nextCode":"634-003","transcript":[{"start":1.14,"end":4.11,"text":"Bars in the middle of the street."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to discuss the placement of obstacles or physical barriers. The brief exchange focused on the logistics of clearing or positioning items in the middle of a street. No major policy decisions were made beyond these logistical arrangements.","topics":["White House operations","logistics","street infrastructure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:27:14.456Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","logistics","street-infrastructure"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-002.mp3","bytes":267281,"durationSec":6.55,"bitrate":326417,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}