{"conversationCode":"549-017","tapeNumber":549,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-549-017","startDateTime":"1971-07-28T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-28T18:54:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1971","startTime":"1:25 PM","endDate":"28-Jul-1971","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On July 28, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:54 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 549-017 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. 549-017\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men (Secret Service) entered.\n\n     [Pause]\n\n     Farewells\n\n     [Pause]\n\n     The President's location\n          -Automobile\n\nThis recording was cut off at an unknown time before 2:54 pm.","filename":["549-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:59","tapeEnd":"03:47:12","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"549-016","nextCode":"549-018","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":25.73,"text":"Okay, see you later."},{"start":25.75,"end":26.03,"text":"See you later."},{"start":26.05,"end":27.11,"text":"The only person that's lucky to almost do this is me."},{"start":27.14,"end":27.41,"text":"Yes, Sergeant."},{"start":27.43,"end":27.7,"text":"You're right."},{"start":27.72,"end":27.98,"text":"You're lucky."},{"start":28,"end":28.2,"text":"I'm lucky."},{"start":28.22,"end":28.64,"text":"I'm absolutely lucky."},{"start":29.65,"end":32.79,"text":"You're the person who's wanting to go all in on this car."},{"start":65.72,"end":66.42,"text":"Here we go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss logistical details regarding his upcoming travel and vehicle arrangements. The conversation focused on the President's personal transit plans and the security protocols associated with his movements. The interaction concluded with informal exchanges between the President and the protective detail before they departed.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential security","Logistics","Transportation","Oval Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:32:14.123Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-security","logistics","transportation","oval-office"],"audioDurationSec":73,"audioFiles":[{"file":"549-017.mp3","bytes":2915052,"durationSec":72.73,"bitrate":320656,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/549-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/549-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/549/conversation-549-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}