{"conversationCode":"578-012","tapeNumber":578,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-578-012","startDateTime":"1971-09-24T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-24T13:52:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Sep-1971","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"24-Sep-1971","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On September 24, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 578-012 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. 578-12\n\nDate: September 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 03/13/2020.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[578-012-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n     Instructions\n\n**************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:52 am.","filename":["578-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:58","tapeEnd":"00:43:19","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"578-011","nextCode":"578-013","transcript":[{"start":3.85,"end":8.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording consists of a brief, eight-second exchange between United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals within the Oval Office. Due to the limited duration and lack of audible content beyond brief instructions, the specific substance of the interaction remains effectively unintelligible. The conversation does not document any recorded policy decisions or significant administrative developments.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Security protocols","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:05:54.234Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","security-protocols","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"578-012.mp3","bytes":359232,"durationSec":8.85,"bitrate":324826,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.635Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:03.293Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/578-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/578-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/578/conversation-578-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}