{"conversationCode":"637-004","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-004","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T15:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:26 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:26 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-004 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. 637-4\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: 10:26 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person.\n                                              12\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. 10/06)\n\n\n\n\n     The President's location","filename":["637-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:13:16","tapeEnd":"01:13:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"637-003","nextCode":"637-005","transcript":[{"start":0.26,"end":0.68,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.98,"end":2.46,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.06,"end":7.67,"text":"I'm in your office."},{"start":8.35,"end":8.61,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the Oval Office with unidentified individuals. The transcript is fragmented and provides no specific information regarding substantive policy discussions, political developments, or actionable items. Consequently, the primary significance of this exchange is limited to documenting the President's immediate presence and accessibility to visitors within his workspace.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:32:23.506Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-004.mp3","bytes":449109,"durationSec":11.09,"bitrate":323927,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}