{"conversationCode":"539-003","tapeNumber":539,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-539-003","startDateTime":"1971-07-19T14:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-19T15:12:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1971","startTime":"10:14 AM","endDate":"19-Jul-1971","endTime":"11:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On July 19, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:14 am and 11:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 539-003 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. 539-3\n\nDate: July 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:14 am and 11:12 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service] met\n\n     The President\n          -Location\n               -Cabinet Room\n          -Schedule\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Agency Policy]\n[Duration: 47m 55s ]\n\n[An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown timeConv.\n                                                                   between\n                                                                         No.10:14\n                                                                             539-3am\n                                                                                   (cont.)\n                                                                                     and\n11:12 am]\n\n[Conversation No. 539-3A]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n[An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:14 am and\n11:12 am]\n\n[Conversation No. 539-3B]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nRecording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:12 am","filename":["539a.mp3","539b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:49","tapeEnd":"00:59:30","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"539-002","nextCode":"539-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"539a.mp3,539b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":658.37,"end":668.48,"text":"Boss in the cabin room."},{"start":668.7,"end":678.53,"text":"Boss in the cabin room."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":649.625,"end":3570,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents coordinated logistical arrangements regarding President Nixon's presence in the Cabinet Room. The brief exchange focused on confirming the President's location and managing his immediate schedule. No broader policy discussions were captured in this administrative briefing.","topics":["Secret Service","White House logistics","Cabinet Room","Presidential scheduling","Security detail"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:21:04.703Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-logistics","cabinet-room","presidential-scheduling","security-detail"],"audioDurationSec":2921,"audioFiles":[{"file":"539a.mp3","bytes":176586082,"durationSec":7357.69,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"539b.mp3","bytes":73369390,"durationSec":3056.99,"bitrate":192004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/539a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/539b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/539-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/539/conversation-539-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}