{"conversationCode":"705-019","tapeNumber":705,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-705-019","startDateTime":"1972-04-10T22:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-11T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1972","startTime":"5:01 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 10, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 705-019 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. 705-19\n\nDate: April 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:01 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Residence\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 10/04/2022.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[705-019-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 30s]\n\n     General conversation\n\n     The President’s location [?]\n\nAn unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and\n11:59 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 705-19A]\n\n     Unknown person’s location\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\f*****************************************************************\n\nThe recording was cutoff at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.","filename":["705-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:55:11","tapeEnd":"04:56:43","participantsList":["United States Secret Service","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"705-018","nextCode":"706-001","transcript":[{"start":26.96,"end":37.58,"text":"Right, what is that?"},{"start":41.01,"end":46.25,"text":"What do you want?"},{"start":46.67,"end":47.55,"text":"No."},{"start":60.83,"end":62.18,"text":"You're looking well there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman conducted a wide-ranging review of domestic and foreign policy priorities, including the administration's messaging strategy, upcoming travel, and staff management. They discussed organizational shifts within the Domestic Council under John Ehrlichman, the economic outlook provided by George Shultz, and the need for more aggressive public positioning on issues like busing and the environment. Additionally, the conversation covered debriefings on the recent Gridiron Dinner and logistical planning for press relations regarding the President’s upcoming trip to the Soviet Union.","topics":["Domestic Council","H.R. Haldeman","George Shultz","Public Relations","Gridiron Dinner","Soviet Union trip","Economic Policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:58:02.271Z"},"topicSlugs":["domestic-council","h-r-haldeman","george-shultz","public-relations","gridiron-dinner","soviet-union-trip","economic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":92,"audioFiles":[{"file":"705-019.mp3","bytes":3698726,"durationSec":92.33,"bitrate":320489,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.979Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:20.414Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/705-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/705-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/705/conversation-705-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}