{"conversationCode":"617-008","tapeNumber":617,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-617-008","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T23:22:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:03 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On November 12, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:03 pm and 6:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-008 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. 617-008\n\nDate: November 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:03 pm and 6:22 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.\n\n     The President's location\n          -Cabinet Room","filename":["617-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:38:26","tapeEnd":"00:38:57","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"617-007","nextCode":"617-009","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":15.83,"text":"Big devil."},{"start":15.85,"end":16.05,"text":"Big devil."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service personnel engaged in a brief exchange within the Oval Office regarding the President's location. The discussion confirmed that Richard Nixon was situated in the Cabinet Room at the time. No further substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were recorded in this brief interaction.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential location","White House logistics","Cabinet Room"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:52:18.276Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-location","white-house-logistics","cabinet-room"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"617-008.mp3","bytes":647168,"durationSec":16.07,"bitrate":322168,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/617-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/617/conversation-617-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}