{"conversationCode":"857-012","tapeNumber":857,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-857-012","startDateTime":"1973-02-15T17:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-15T19:55:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:47 PM","endDate":"15-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On February 15, 1973, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 2:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 857-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 857-12\nDate: February 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:47 pm and 2:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown Secret Service agents met.\n\n      President’s location [?]\n\nThe unknown men left at an unknown time before 2:55 pm.\n\f                                             -47-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["857-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"857-011","nextCode":"857-013","transcript":[{"start":26.3,"end":26.66,"text":"Okay, you got it."},{"start":26.68,"end":27,"text":"I'll do it again."},{"start":27.8,"end":29.55,"text":"When you get to 60, I'll show you how it goes."},{"start":31.49,"end":36.09,"text":"I'll tell it."},{"start":36.11,"end":43.2,"text":"First, I'm going to put a seat there."},{"start":43.26,"end":43.9,"text":"You have a person standing up."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to receive technical instruction from an unknown individual regarding the operation of equipment. The discussion focused on specific procedural steps for managing or configuring a mechanism, possibly related to the tape recording system or office logistics. No high-level policy decisions were addressed, as the exchange remained limited to practical, instructional guidance.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Technical operations","Equipment instruction"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:24:29.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","technical-operations","equipment-instruction"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"857-012.mp3","bytes":1226548,"durationSec":50.97,"bitrate":192500,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:48.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/857-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/857-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/857/conversation-857-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}