{"conversationCode":"656-021","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-021","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:02 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:58 PM","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 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-021 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. 656-21\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with an unknown woman.\n\n     Schedule\n          -John B. Connally\n\nThe unknown woman left at an unknown time before 1:58 pm.","filename":["656-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:36","tapeEnd":"03:17:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"656-020","nextCode":"656-022","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":1.57,"text":"Uh, is Secretary Conley here yet?"},{"start":1.59,"end":8.9,"text":"As soon as he arrives, I want to see him first before the others come out of his head and bring him coming in, okay?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified woman regarding the arrival of Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. He requested that Connally be brought to the Oval Office immediately upon arrival for a private briefing before the participation of other scheduled attendees. This directive prioritized Connally's input as the President managed his administrative agenda for the afternoon.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House scheduling","Presidential staff","Oval Office meetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:00:00.926Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-scheduling","presidential-staff","oval-office-meetings"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-021.mp3","bytes":486709,"durationSec":12.03,"bitrate":323726,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}