{"conversationCode":"617-015","tapeNumber":617,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-617-015","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T21:26:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 12, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-015 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. 617-15\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 4:26 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Cabinet Room\n\nAn unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:26\npm.\n\n[Conversation No. 617-15A]\n\n     Cabinet Room\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 4:26 pm.","filename":["617-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:12:49","tapeEnd":"02:13:07","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"617-014","nextCode":"617-016","transcript":[{"start":10.12,"end":34.88,"text":"All right."},{"start":55.95,"end":67.54,"text":"What?"},{"start":67.56,"end":67.94,"text":"Okay, I'll be real."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics. The discussion, which remains largely obscured due to the lack of a formal transcript, centered on operational movements related to the President's presence in the Cabinet Room. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Oval Office operations","Presidential protection"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:52:59.310Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","oval-office-operations","presidential-protection"],"audioDurationSec":79,"audioFiles":[{"file":"617-015.mp3","bytes":3176448,"durationSec":79.29,"bitrate":320504,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.996Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/617-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/617/conversation-617-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}