{"conversationCode":"549-003","tapeNumber":549,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-549-003","startDateTime":"1971-07-28T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-28T13:03:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:02 AM","endDate":"28-Jul-1971","endTime":"9:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-003 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. 549-003\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: 9:02 am - 9:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 7-17]","filename":["549-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:27","tapeEnd":"00:02:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"549-002","nextCode":"549-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":13.63,"text":"Yeah, yes sir, they do not expect you at this time."},{"start":13.65,"end":14.93,"text":"Police have to be at W tonight."},{"start":14.95,"end":19.11,"text":"I mean, yeah, they have to be at W. There's a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible police."},{"start":19.14,"end":19.98,"text":"Sir, but I'm not doing that to match here."},{"start":20,"end":20.7,"text":"I do the policing action at the FW."},{"start":20.72,"end":21.72,"text":"Okay, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon held a brief exchange regarding logistical arrangements for police presence at an upcoming event. The dialogue focused on ensuring security coordination at a specific location referred to as 'W.' No major policy decisions were made, as the conversation served primarily as a functional briefing on security deployment.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House security","Logistics","Police coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:30:55.277Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-security","logistics","police-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"549-003.mp3","bytes":1004979,"durationSec":24.99,"bitrate":321777,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:59.343Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/549-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/549-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/549/conversation-549-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}