{"conversationCode":"656-002","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-002","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T12:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T12:52:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"7:47 AM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"7:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-002 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. 656-2\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 am and 7:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown woman.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location\n          -Desk\n          -Breakfast\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 7:52 am.","filename":["656-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:59","tapeEnd":"00:03:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"656-001","nextCode":"656-003","transcript":[{"start":0.41,"end":2.99,"text":"Excuse me, sir, did you call the police?"},{"start":3.01,"end":3.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.19,"end":5.43,"text":"He's not in his desk yet."},{"start":5.47,"end":9.74,"text":"He's not in his office yet."},{"start":9.76,"end":10.85,"text":"Uh, he's, uh, he's not in his office yet."},{"start":10.87,"end":13.85,"text":"I didn't know the secretary said he wasn't in his desk."},{"start":14.01,"end":16.92,"text":"Did you find him?"},{"start":17.2,"end":18.2,"text":"Yeah, I said he was fine."},{"start":18.66,"end":19.8,"text":"He's probably not in his office."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with an unidentified woman to discuss the whereabouts of an unnamed individual. The participants confirmed that this person had not yet arrived at his office and verified his safety. No formal policy decisions were made, as the discussion focused solely on logistical coordination and staff status.","topics":["Staffing","Logistics","Internal Security","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:58:11.955Z"},"topicSlugs":["staffing","logistics","internal-security","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-002.mp3","bytes":832571,"durationSec":20.68,"bitrate":322131,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}