{"conversationCode":"491-034","tapeNumber":491,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-491-034","startDateTime":"1971-05-05T17:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-05T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"5-May-1971","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"5-May-1971","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On May 5, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-034 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. 491-34\n\nDate: May 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people (Secret Service agents) entered.\n\n     President's location\n           -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 11/19/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[491-034-w001]\n[Duration: 20s]\n\n       Unknown woman\n            -Personal telephone call\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     President’s location\n          -EOB\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:00 pm.","filename":["491-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:41:12","tapeEnd":"05:42:19","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"491-033","nextCode":"492-001","transcript":[{"start":1.21,"end":26.86,"text":"I don't think I'll be able to get you out."},{"start":26.88,"end":27.08,"text":"Right now."},{"start":27.1,"end":27.26,"text":"Oh, God."},{"start":27.28,"end":27.58,"text":"Good luck, bud."},{"start":27.6,"end":28.22,"text":"Call us when you have anything."},{"start":28.24,"end":28.64,"text":"OK. Well, that's it."},{"start":28.66,"end":30.11,"text":"Well, did you get your knife, or did you, uh... Well, the light was..."},{"start":64.68,"end":66.38,"text":"I'm John Baker."},{"start":66.39,"end":67.77,"text":"See you next time."},{"start":67.79,"end":67.99,"text":"Okay, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss unspecified logistical matters. The brief and largely unintelligible exchange included logistical preparations and a personal farewell to an individual identified as John Baker. The conversation concluded with instructions to maintain communication as developments arose.","topics":["Secret Service","logistics","White House personnel","security operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:05:33.347Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","logistics","white-house-personnel","security-operations"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"491-034.mp3","bytes":2723840,"durationSec":67.97,"bitrate":320612,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:49.984Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/491-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/491/conversation-491-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}