{"conversationCode":"797-016","tapeNumber":797,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-797-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-13T16:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-13T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:45 PM","endDate":"13-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 13, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-016 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. 797-16\n\nDate: October 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time\nbetween 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 797-16A]\n\n        [Unintelligible]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time\nbetween 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 797-16B]\n\n        [Unintelligible]\n\nAn unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time\nbetween 12:45 pm and 3:00 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 797-16C]\n\n        -The President’s location\n            -Executive Office Building\n\n[End of telephone conversation]","filename":["797-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"797-015","nextCode":"797-017","transcript":[{"start":17.88,"end":18.11,"text":"Tick."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents conducted brief communications involving at least one unidentified individual to coordinate logistical details regarding President Nixon’s location and movements. These discussions focused specifically on the President’s presence within the Executive Office Building. Due to poor audio quality, the substance of the exchanges remains largely unintelligible beyond these confirmed navigational updates.","topics":["United States Secret Service","Presidential movement","Executive Office Building","Logistics","White House security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:55:46.988Z"},"topicSlugs":["united-states-secret-service","presidential-movement","executive-office-building","logistics","white-house-security"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"797-016.mp3","bytes":602487,"durationSec":25.03,"bitrate":192590,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.086Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/797-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/797-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/797/conversation-797-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}