{"conversationCode":"496-017","tapeNumber":496,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-496-017","startDateTime":"1971-05-10T22:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-10T23:47:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1971","startTime":"6:15 PM","endDate":"10-May-1971","endTime":"7:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On May 10, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 7:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-017 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. 496-017\n\nDate: May 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 7:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nSecret Service agents met.\n\n     President’s location\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 05/17/2019 with new\nguidance. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[496-017-w001]\n[Duration: 4s]\n\n     Agent answering phone\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     President’s location\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 7:47 pm","filename":["496-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:34:29","tapeEnd":"05:35:39","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"496-016","nextCode":"496-018","transcript":[{"start":10.49,"end":21.67,"text":"The rest of the nests."},{"start":21.69,"end":22.09,"text":"These are the nests."},{"start":40.41,"end":70.4,"text":"Get up, get up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to conduct a brief, procedural briefing regarding the President's security and immediate logistics. The discussion, which was abruptly terminated, primarily centered on securing the President's location and monitoring specific site details referred to as \"nests.\" No major policy decisions were recorded during this fragmentary exchange.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential security","Oval Office logistics","Executive protection"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T22:13:12.197Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-security","oval-office-logistics","executive-protection"],"audioDurationSec":70,"audioFiles":[{"file":"496-017.mp3","bytes":2819987,"durationSec":70.36,"bitrate":320617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:50.871Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/496-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/496-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/496/conversation-496-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}