{"conversationCode":"639-031","tapeNumber":639,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-639-031","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:05:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On December 18, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:31 pm and 5:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-031 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. 639-031\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 5:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nThe unknown people [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 5:05 pm.","filename":["639-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:46:12","tapeEnd":"01:47:08","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"639-030","nextCode":"640-001","transcript":[{"start":6.35,"end":7.67,"text":"Where are you going?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to confirm his current location and immediate travel plans. The brief exchange focused on coordinating the President's transit to the Executive Office Building. The agents departed shortly thereafter to secure the President's movement.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential movement","Executive Office Building","White House security","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:38:03.701Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-movement","executive-office-building","white-house-security","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"639-031.mp3","bytes":1320960,"durationSec":32.9,"bitrate":321189,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:11.552Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/639-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/639/conversation-639-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}