{"conversationCode":"652-018","tapeNumber":652,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-652-018","startDateTime":"1972-01-20T23:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-21T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1972","startTime":"6:36 PM","endDate":"20-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On January 20, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 652-018 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. 652-18\n\nDate: January 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n       The President’s location\n\n       Messenger\n\nThe agents left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.","filename":["652-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:25:19","tapeEnd":"03:25:46","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"652-017","nextCode":"652-019","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":1.94,"text":"Let's go!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents entered the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s location. The brief exchange functioned as an operational check, with the agents serving as messengers to confirm movement plans. Following the interaction, the agents exited the office to proceed with their security duties.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential security","logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:55:49.411Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-security","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"652-018.mp3","bytes":91506,"durationSec":8.75,"bitrate":83679,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/652-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/652-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/652/conversation-652-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}