{"conversationCode":"537-003","tapeNumber":537,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-537-003","startDateTime":"1971-07-02T20:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-02T20:08:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jul-1971","startTime":"4:02 PM","endDate":"2-Jul-1971","endTime":"4:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"On July 2, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 537-003 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. 537-003\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nDate: July 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men entered [US Secret Service Agents ?].\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 09/30/2019.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[537-003-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 18s]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation. ]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\ncleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and\nwas reviewed under deed of gift 09/30/2019.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[537-003-w002]\n[Duration: 26s]\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 09/30/2019.]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Unintelligible]\n[537-003-w003]\n[Duration: 13s]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation. ]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nRecording was cut off at an unknown time before 4:08 pm","filename":["537-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:11","tapeEnd":"01:09:41","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"537-002","nextCode":"537-004","transcript":[{"start":78.64,"end":99.76,"text":"Where'd he go?"},{"start":99.78,"end":99.88,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"An unidentified group of individuals entered the Oval Office for a brief meeting, though the nature of their discussion remains obscured due to unintelligible audio. The recording fails to capture any substantive political or administrative business before the taping system was deactivated. Consequently, the meeting yields no record of decision-making or official action items.","topics":["Oval Office","White House Tapes","Unidentified Participants","Administrative Procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:19:06.396Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","white-house-tapes","unidentified-participants","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":118,"audioFiles":[{"file":"537-003.mp3","bytes":4739072,"durationSec":118.35,"bitrate":320332,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:57.508Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/537-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/537-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/537/conversation-537-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}