{"conversationCode":"555-018","tapeNumber":555,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-555-018","startDateTime":"1971-08-05T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-05T15:57:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Aug-1971","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"5-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On August 5, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 555-18\n\nDate: August 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:10 am and 11:57 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met at an unknown time after 10:10 am.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 02/19/2020.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[555-018-w001]\n[Duration: 50s]\n\n[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["555-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:15","tapeEnd":"00:37:03","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"555-017","nextCode":"555-019","transcript":[{"start":12.65,"end":39.91,"text":"There are no credits over here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to discuss unspecified security or administrative arrangements. The recording consists almost entirely of ambient room noise and muffled, unintelligible dialogue. No substantive policy decisions or clear directives were captured during this brief exchange.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Security protocols","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T23:38:31.433Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","security-protocols","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"555-018.mp3","bytes":2003901,"durationSec":49.96,"bitrate":320869,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.011Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/555-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/555-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/555/conversation-555-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}