{"conversationCode":"634-020","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-020","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T23:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T23:47:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"6:36 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On December 9, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-020 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. 634-20\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 6:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Residence\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nThe unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 6:47 pm.","filename":["634-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:43:55","tapeEnd":"03:44:50","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"634-019","nextCode":"635-001","transcript":[{"start":5.69,"end":10.42,"text":"You're ridiculous."},{"start":31.49,"end":31.85,"text":"Is there anyone?"},{"start":31.87,"end":32.61,"text":"Did you get the buzzer, sir?"},{"start":32.67,"end":32.87,"text":"Okay."},{"start":32.93,"end":33.19,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":33.51,"end":33.81,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":33.87,"end":34.09,"text":"Huh?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and verify the President’s location. The brief exchange focused on confirming the President’s transition to the residence and addressing administrative communication protocols via the office buzzer system. The conversation concluded with the agents exiting the office shortly thereafter.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Presidential movements","Oval Office protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:28:57.691Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","presidential-movements","oval-office-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":56,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-020.mp3","bytes":2226465,"durationSec":55.52,"bitrate":320795,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-020","catalogNaId":417180309,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180309","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}