{"conversationCode":"716-006","tapeNumber":716,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-716-006","startDateTime":"1972-05-01T22:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-01T22:49:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1972","startTime":"6:49 PM","endDate":"1-May-1972","endTime":"6:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On May 1, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 716-006 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. 716-6\n\nDate: May 1, 1972\nTime: 6:49 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown men [Secret Service agents] met.\n\n     Buzzer\n         -Test\n\nThe unknown agents left.","filename":["716a.mp3","716b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:29","tapeEnd":"02:41:51","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"716-005","nextCode":"716-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"716a.mp3,716b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":9632.39,"end":9641.9,"text":"But I do think that's, from the standpoint of the American public, which I'm really proud of on our end."},{"start":9641.92,"end":9643.69,"text":"We have to get back on one more path."},{"start":9644.59,"end":9645.36,"text":"Don't you agree?"},{"start":9645.6,"end":9650,"text":"I did hate when that hurt you, and also that we don't need any pieces."},{"start":9650.02,"end":9651.06,"text":"We don't need them."},{"start":9651.1,"end":9657.84,"text":"Well, Henry said that when he's talking about this, they'll turn all the press on us and the columnists and the rest, and they're on us already."},{"start":9657.9,"end":9658.3,"text":"That's right."},{"start":9658.64,"end":9659,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":9659.28,"end":9659.6,"text":"That's right."},{"start":9659.66,"end":9660.66,"text":"Did Hank understand?"},{"start":9660.72,"end":9660.86,"text":"Yep."},{"start":9663.55,"end":9671.67,"text":"Can you imagine going to the summit after being run out of Vietnam?"},{"start":9671.73,"end":9672.75,"text":"Oh, see Henry Wood."},{"start":9689.28,"end":9701.12,"text":"well for the long haul you can argue that maybe he's ready to do it but not then yeah so you approve the wild card too do you approve this agenda also i don't care just update what they say henry will be there yeah yeah yeah all right but i mean i don't i don't want any more on it i want to breathe just as little as we can all right"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9630,"end":9701.125,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secret Service agents to conduct a brief technical test of the Oval Office recording system. During the session, the participants engaged in a fragmentary discussion regarding the potential political fallout of the Vietnam War and the upcoming summit. Nixon emphasized his desire to minimize public disclosure and press coverage surrounding these sensitive foreign policy matters.","topics":["Oval Office taping system","Vietnam War","White House summit","Media relations","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:10:08.449Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office-taping-system","vietnam-war","white-house-summit","media-relations","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"716a.mp3","bytes":175199920,"durationSec":7299.92,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"716b.mp3","bytes":67670516,"durationSec":2819.55,"bitrate":192003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/716a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/716b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/716-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/716/conversation-716-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}