{"conversationCode":"791-008","tapeNumber":791,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-791-008","startDateTime":"1972-10-03T16:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T19:25:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:50 PM","endDate":"3-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 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 12:50 pm and 3:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 791-008 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. 791-8\n\n                                      (rev. Nov-03)\n\nDate: October 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 3:25 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.\n\n        The President's location\n            -Executive office building {EOB]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown agent talked to unknown person at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 3:25\npm.\n\n[Conversation No. 791-8B]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Agency Statute]\n[Duration: 2s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nThe unknown agent talked to unknown person at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 3:25\npm.\n\n[Conversation No. 791-8D]\n\n        The President’s location\n            -EOB\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n                                        (rev. Nov-03)\n\nThe unknown agent left at an unknown time before 3:25 pm.","filename":["791-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"791-007","nextCode":"791-009","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":11.33,"text":"That's the way it should be."},{"start":12.63,"end":18.61,"text":"That's it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents coordinated with unidentified individuals regarding logistical security arrangements in the Oval Office. The dialogue primarily focused on confirming operational procedures and ensuring that specific protocols were being followed as expected. No policy decisions were recorded, as the brief exchange was limited to procedural confirmation.","topics":["Secret Service","White House security","Logistics","Presidential protection","Operational protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:47:07.141Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","white-house-security","logistics","presidential-protection","operational-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"791-008.mp3","bytes":577409,"durationSec":23.99,"bitrate":192576,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.476Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/791-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/791-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/791/conversation-791-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}