{"conversationCode":"656-030","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-030","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T20:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T22:01:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:23 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On January 26, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 5:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-030 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. 656-30\n\nDate: Jaunary 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:23 pm and 5:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] entered at an unknown time after 3:23 pm.\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\nAn agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 3:23 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 656-30A]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 12/04/2017 pursuant to guidance received\nfrom the United States Secret Service. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[656-030-w001]\n[Duration: 6s]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n     The President’s location\n          -EOB\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nAn agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 3:23 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 656-30B]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 12/04/2017 pursuant to guidance received\nfrom the United States Secret Service. Segment cleared for release.]\n[Federal Statute]\n[656-030-w002]\n[Duration: 5s]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[End of telephone conversation]","filename":["656-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:42:48","tapeEnd":"04:44:02","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"656-029","nextCode":"657-001","transcript":[{"start":48.98,"end":49.48,"text":"Do you have a microphone?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to address logistical or security-related matters. The brief interactions, captured in two distinct segments, focus on technical concerns regarding equipment, specifically a microphone. No broader policy decisions were recorded in these short audio clips.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Security protocols","Audio equipment","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:00:51.207Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","security-protocols","audio-equipment","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":74,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-030.mp3","bytes":2985060,"durationSec":74.48,"bitrate":320632,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}