{"conversationCode":"718-014","tapeNumber":718,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-718-014","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 3, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:35 pm and 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 718-014 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. 718-14\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Secret Service agents] met.\n\nAn unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time after 12:35 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 718-14A]\n\n     The President’s location\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\nThe conversation was cutoff at an unknown time before 12:59 pm.","filename":["718a.mp3","718b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:43:00","tapeEnd":"02:43:43","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"718-013","nextCode":"719-001","tapeTranscriptFile":"718a.mp3,718b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":9778.25,"end":9780.39,"text":"I don't want to light the fire for you."},{"start":9780.41,"end":9781.09,"text":"I think I'll go over."},{"start":9781.13,"end":9784.79,"text":"I'm afraid you're going to catch a cold."},{"start":9784.81,"end":9787.33,"text":"I think I'll go over actually."},{"start":9787.35,"end":9787.77,"text":"Let me go on that."},{"start":9787.79,"end":9788.43,"text":"You're going on that."},{"start":9788.55,"end":9791.83,"text":"I'm sure it's been working."},{"start":9791.91,"end":9793.35,"text":"Because I've seen him."},{"start":9793.83,"end":9795.33,"text":"He's been with me quite a while."},{"start":9795.39,"end":9800.17,"text":"Well, he said he's going to have to have an operation."},{"start":9800.23,"end":9805.27,"text":"He said he's going to knock him out in six weeks."},{"start":9805.29,"end":9805.51,"text":"Four weeks."},{"start":9806.67,"end":9811.19,"text":"Well, wait a moment."},{"start":9811.21,"end":9822.53,"text":"So if there's a way, it would be harder to be out of the way while you're traveling."},{"start":9822.59,"end":9822.83,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":9822.85,"end":9825.66,"text":"Okay, gee, it's going to be easy."},{"start":9825.7,"end":9826.7,"text":"It is the right one."},{"start":9826.72,"end":9826.96,"text":"It is?"},{"start":9827,"end":9828.64,"text":"Oh, it's for this one."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":9778.25,"end":9836,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service personnel engaged in a cryptic discussion regarding an individual’s upcoming medical operation and its potential impact on travel logistics. The participants evaluated the timing of the surgery and the necessity of keeping the subject out of the way during the recovery period. The conversation concluded without a definitive resolution, remaining largely unintelligible regarding specific identities or strategic intent.","topics":["Secret Service","Medical leave","Travel logistics","Security operations","Personnel management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:13:19.694Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","medical-leave","travel-logistics","security-operations","personnel-management"],"audioDurationSec":43,"audioFiles":[{"file":"718a.mp3","bytes":175684544,"durationSec":7320.14,"bitrate":192001,"missing":false},{"file":"718b.mp3","bytes":63001076,"durationSec":2624.97,"bitrate":192005,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/718a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/718b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/718-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/718/conversation-718-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}