{"conversationCode":"540-005","tapeNumber":540,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-540-005","startDateTime":"1971-07-20T12:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-20T14:23:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1971","startTime":"8:05 AM","endDate":"20-Jul-1971","endTime":"10:23 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On July 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-005 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. 540-5\n\nDate: July 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:05 am and 10:23 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men (Secret Service agents) entered.\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 01/21/2020.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[540-005-w001]\n[Duration: 11s]\n\n     Instructions\n           -Stephen B. Bull’s office\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown men (Secret Service agents) left.","filename":["540-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:22:57","tapeEnd":"00:24:55","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"540-004","nextCode":"540-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.65,"text":"This is..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents met with White House staff in the Oval Office to discuss operational instructions related to Stephen B. Bull’s office. This brief interaction involved the coordination of administrative or security protocols under the purview of the President’s personal aide. No significant policy decisions were recorded during the short exchange.","topics":["Secret Service","Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:22:38.806Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"540-005.mp3","bytes":453277,"durationSec":11.19,"bitrate":324094,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.010Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:58.001Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/540-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/540-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/540/conversation-540-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}