{"conversationCode":"772-016","tapeNumber":772,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-772-016","startDateTime":"1972-09-07T22:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-08T13:19:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Sep-1972","startTime":"6:15 PM","endDate":"8-Sep-1972","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"[Unknown person(s)];","description":"Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:15 pm on September 7, 1972 and 9:19 am on September 8, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 772-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 772-16\n\nDate: September 7 and 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:15 pm, September 7 and 9:19 am, September 8, 1972\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people entered.\n\n            Oval Office\n               -Cleaning\n\nThe recording was cut off at an unknown time before 9:19 am, September 8, 1972.","filename":["772-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"772-015","nextCode":"772-017","transcript":[{"start":0.21,"end":3.25,"text":"Don't touch."},{"start":10.22,"end":11.52,"text":"No."},{"start":11.56,"end":13.38,"text":"Don't touch."},{"start":14.79,"end":14.97,"text":"No."},{"start":15.01,"end":15.35,"text":"No touch."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures the activity of White House staff performing routine maintenance or custodial duties within the Oval Office. The participants are unidentified individuals who provide brief instructions regarding the handling of sensitive equipment or workspace items. No substantive policy discussions or political decision-making occurred during this period.","topics":["Oval Office","Maintenance","Custodial services","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:17:50.778Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","maintenance","custodial-services","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"772-016.mp3","bytes":895894,"durationSec":37.25,"bitrate":192389,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/772-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/772-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/772/conversation-772-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}