{"conversationCode":"656-001","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-001","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T01:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jan-1972","startTime":"8:30 PM","endDate":"25-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goode, Mark I.; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Mark I. Goode, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 656-1\n\nDate: January 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Mark I. Goode [?] and unknown people.\n\n     Arrangements for the President’s speech\n          -Ceiling\n          -Placement of unknown object\n\n     Weather\n         -Coat\n         -Wind\n\nRecording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.","filename":["656-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:30","tapeEnd":"00:01:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Goode, Mark I.","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"655-005","nextCode":"656-002","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":3.91,"text":"But you want to change it, right?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Mark I. Goode and other unidentified individuals to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming presidential speech. The discussion focused on technical details regarding the stage environment, specifically addressing the placement of an object and ceiling configurations. The participants also briefly touched upon weather-related concerns, including wind conditions and appropriate attire.","topics":["Presidential speech","Logistics","Oval Office","Event planning","Weather"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:58:06.205Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-speech","logistics","oval-office","event-planning","weather"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-001.mp3","bytes":1155444,"durationSec":28.74,"bitrate":321598,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}