{"conversationCode":"620-015","tapeNumber":620,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-620-015","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T18:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:13 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 17, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 620-015 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. 620-015\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     Greetings\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time\nbetween 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 620-15A]\n\n     The President's location\n          -Old Executive Office Building [EOB] Office\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     The President's location\n          -EOB\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time\nbetween 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 620-15B]\n\n     The President's location\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 02/21/2019 with new\nguidance. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[620-015-w001]\n[Duration: 3s]\n\n     Secret Service agent\n          -Answering phone\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n            -EOB\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.","filename":["620-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:21:44","tapeEnd":"04:22:19","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"620-014","nextCode":"621-001","transcript":[{"start":6.87,"end":35.64,"text":"That's right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to discuss operational security or administrative logistics. While the specific nature of the conversation remains obscured due to the lack of a transcript, the session pertains to internal White House security protocols or logistical arrangements handled by the Secret Service. No definitive outcomes or policy decisions are documented in the remaining audio fragment.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Oval Office operations","Administrative protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:01:58.028Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","oval-office-operations","administrative-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"620-015.mp3","bytes":1429223,"durationSec":35.59,"bitrate":321252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:08.623Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/620-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/620-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/620/conversation-620-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}