{"conversationCode":"679-016","tapeNumber":679,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-679-016","startDateTime":"1972-03-07T13:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-07T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1972","startTime":"8:03 AM","endDate":"7-Mar-1972","endTime":"9:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 7, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-016 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. 679-16\n\nDate: March 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:03 am and 9:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service] agents met.\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Cabinet Room\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 09/20/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[679-016-w001]\n[Duration: 10s]\n\nAn unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 8:03 and 9:58\nam.\n\n[Conversation 679-16A]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown agents left at an unknown time before 9:58 am.","filename":["679-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:28","tapeEnd":"00:09:11","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"679-015","nextCode":"679-017","transcript":[{"start":15.83,"end":16.09,"text":"Careful."},{"start":16.11,"end":16.27,"text":"Careful."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics regarding the President's location. The brief exchange focused on procedural caution as the President moved to the Cabinet Room. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this short security-related interaction.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential security","Oval Office","Cabinet Room","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:31:05.457Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-security","oval-office","cabinet-room","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"679-016.mp3","bytes":1298595,"durationSec":32.32,"bitrate":321428,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/679-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/679/conversation-679-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}