{"conversationCode":"679-017","tapeNumber":679,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-679-017","startDateTime":"1972-03-07T17:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-07T20:01:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:43 PM","endDate":"7-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:01 PM","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 12:43 pm and 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-017 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. 679-17\n\nDate: March 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 3:01 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service] agents met.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 09/20/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[679-017-w001]\n[Duration: 8s]\n\n     Greetings\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe President’s location\n     -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 09/20/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[679-017-w002]\n[Duration: 15s]\n\nAn unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:43 and 3:01\npm.\n\n[Conversation 679-17A]\n\n     Agent answering phone\n\n     Barbershop [?]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe unknown agents left at an unknown time before 3:01 pm.","filename":["679-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:25","tapeEnd":"02:43:19","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"679-016","nextCode":"681-001","transcript":[{"start":12.18,"end":26.46,"text":"You can tell me going down is not a hard shot, boy."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and communicate updates regarding the President’s movements. The dialogue, which includes a brief reference to the Executive Office Building and a telephone exchange, remains largely fragmentary. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Presidential movement","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:31:10.838Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","presidential-movement","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"679-017.mp3","bytes":1183656,"durationSec":29.45,"bitrate":321511,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.976Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/679-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/679/conversation-679-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}