{"conversationCode":"813-031","tapeNumber":813,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-813-031","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T15:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:53 AM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 813-031 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"None","filename":["813-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"813-030","nextCode":"813-032","transcript":[{"start":64.17,"end":64.25,"text":"Ok."},{"start":98.07,"end":101.33,"text":"On the 7th and 8th side, down the line."},{"start":101.35,"end":105.73,"text":"Down, down, down, go, go, go, go."},{"start":105.75,"end":109.01,"text":"Okay, I'll straighten it out."},{"start":109.03,"end":115.59,"text":"Frank, you should be on the other side."},{"start":115.61,"end":118.49,"text":"Grab that hole and go to the block."},{"start":118.51,"end":121.09,"text":"Now, I'll grab this one."},{"start":121.11,"end":121.21,"text":"Okay."},{"start":126.8,"end":128.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":128.99,"end":129.61,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secret Service agents to coordinate the physical movement and positioning of office furniture or equipment within the Oval Office. The participants provided specific logistical instructions to one another to ensure the items were arranged correctly. This brief interaction served solely to facilitate the immediate reorganization of the workspace.","topics":["Oval Office","Secret Service","Logistics","Furniture arrangement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:21:56.055Z"},"topicSlugs":["oval-office","secret-service","logistics","furniture-arrangement"],"audioDurationSec":139,"audioFiles":[{"file":"813-031.mp3","bytes":3333050,"durationSec":138.76,"bitrate":192158,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/813-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/813-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/813/conversation-813-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}