{"conversationCode":"481-009","tapeNumber":481,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-481-009","startDateTime":"1971-04-17T14:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-17T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1971","startTime":"9:34 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1971","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:34 am to 3:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 481-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 481-009\n\nDate: April 17, 1971\nTime: 9:34 am - 3:30 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] entered\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 06/26/2019\nwith new guidance. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[481-009-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 6s]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation. ]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 10:45 am","filename":["481-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:35:06","tapeEnd":"00:36:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"481-008","nextCode":"482-001","transcript":[{"start":66.03,"end":66.38,"text":"Teksting av Nicolai Winther"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss internal security and logistics. The recording consists primarily of room noise and muffled dialogue, offering no substantive record of specific policy decisions or strategic instructions. Consequently, the interaction remains inconclusive regarding the primary objectives of the security detail's visit.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Oval Office","Presidential protection"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:44:44.860Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","oval-office","presidential-protection"],"audioDurationSec":66,"audioFiles":[{"file":"481-009.mp3","bytes":1594304,"durationSec":66.37,"bitrate":192179,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:48.211Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/481-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/481-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/481/conversation-481-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}