{"conversationCode":"643-012","tapeNumber":643,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-643-012","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:40 PM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 3, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 643-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 643-12\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:40 pm and 4:44 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret service agents] met.\n\f**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 08/12/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[643-012-w001]\n[Duration: 16s]\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Cabinet Room\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     The President's location\n          -Cabinet Room\n               -Stephen B. Bull\n\n[An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and\n4:44 pm.]\n\n[Conversation No. 643-12A]\n\n     Affirmation of unknown comments\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown men left at an unknown time before 4:44 pm.","filename":["643-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:46:48","tapeEnd":"01:47:44","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"643-011","nextCode":"643-013","transcript":[{"start":35.98,"end":36.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to conduct logistical coordination regarding the President's movements. The dialogue primarily focused on confirming the President’s location, specifically noting his presence in the Cabinet Room with Stephen B. Bull. No further substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were recorded in this brief exchange.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential security","Logistics","Stephen B. Bull","Oval Office"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:45:20.532Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-security","logistics","stephen-b-bull","oval-office"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"643-012.mp3","bytes":366135,"durationSec":36.2,"bitrate":80906,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:12.194Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/643-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/643-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/643/conversation-643-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}