{"conversationCode":"639-023","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-023","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T21:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:43 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 5:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-023 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. 639-023\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:43 pm and 5:03 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown person.\n\n     Request for fire in fireplace [?]\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 5:03 pm.","filename":["639-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:31","tapeEnd":"02:19:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"639-022","nextCode":"639-024","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":2.32,"text":"Might be time to make that fire, isn't it?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office. The conversation consisted of a casual, logistical exchange regarding the maintenance of the fireplace. No substantive policy matters or official developments were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["Oval Office","Presidential routine","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:37:18.839Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","presidential-routine","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-023.mp3","bytes":258048,"durationSec":6.32,"bitrate":326435,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.555Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}