{"conversationCode":"696-002","tapeNumber":696,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-696-002","startDateTime":"1972-03-29T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-29T21:48:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:57 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1972","endTime":"4:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On March 29, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:57 pm and 4:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 696-002 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. 696-2\n\nDate: March 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:57 and 4:48 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Federal Statute]\n[Duration: 1s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nAn unknown man talked with an unknown man.\n\n[Conversation 696-2A]\n\n          The President’s location\n               -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown men left, at an unknown time before 4:48 pm.","filename":["696a.mp3","696b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:49","tapeEnd":"03:11:47","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"696-001","nextCode":"697-001","tapeTranscriptFile":"696a.mp3,696b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11418.58,"end":11418.86,"text":"Wow."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11411.125,"end":11493.5,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to discuss security logistics or administrative matters. The recording consists largely of withdrawn material and brief, ambiguous exchanges, providing no substantial insight into policy or political decision-making. The interaction concludes with a brief mention of the President’s location in the Executive Office Building.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Executive Office Building","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:46:52.539Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","executive-office-building","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"696a.mp3","bytes":175343489,"durationSec":7305.93,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"696b.mp3","bytes":122617311,"durationSec":5108.98,"bitrate":192002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.978Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/696a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/696b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/696-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/696/conversation-696-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}