{"conversationCode":"639-029","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-029","startDateTime":"1971-12-21T22:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-21T23:07:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:58 PM","endDate":"21-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Mitchell, John N.;","description":"On December 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:58 pm and 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-029 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. 639-029\n\nDate: December 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:58 pm and 6:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; John N. Mitchell was present at the\nbeginning of the conversation.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-129]","filename":["639-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:33","tapeEnd":"03:59:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Mitchell, John N."],"prevCode":"639-028","nextCode":"639-030","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":3.08,"text":"I hear another call, though."},{"start":4.4,"end":6.49,"text":"I don't know what it is."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held an Oval Office meeting with Attorney General John N. Mitchell to discuss unspecified administrative business. The conversation was interrupted by a White House operator, leading to a brief discussion regarding an incoming call. No significant policy decisions or substantive developments are documented in this brief interaction.","topics":["Oval Office","John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Administrative communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:37:51.502Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","administrative-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-029.mp3","bytes":327680,"durationSec":8.08,"bitrate":324492,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.557Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}