{"conversationCode":"863-004","tapeNumber":863,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-863-004","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T22:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-26T13:58:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"5:40 PM","endDate":"26-Feb-1973","endTime":"8:58 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 863-004 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. 863-4\n\nDate: Unknown between February 23 and 26, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:40 pm, Feb. 23, and 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown people [Executive Protective Service (EPS)?] met.\n\n       Phone repair\n\n       Southern Bell [?]\n\nAn unknown person talked with an unknown man at an unknown time between 5:40 pm, Feb.\n23, 1973 and 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973.\n\n[Conversation No. 863-4A]\n\n       General Services Administration [GSA] phone division [?]\n\n       Schedule\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n       Repairs\n\nThe unknown people left at an unknown time before 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973.","filename":["863-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"863-003","nextCode":"863-005","transcript":[{"start":275.72,"end":276.22,"text":"Ja, det er det."},{"start":276.34,"end":279.45,"text":"Ja, det er det."},{"start":279.49,"end":280.11,"text":"Ja, det er det."},{"start":337.11,"end":338.07,"text":"He told me he was missing 27."},{"start":338.11,"end":338.57,"text":"What is it, son?"},{"start":338.59,"end":339.41,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":339.55,"end":339.93,"text":"Hey, Mark?"},{"start":340.07,"end":340.89,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":340.97,"end":341.71,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":341.75,"end":342.21,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":342.23,"end":342.89,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":342.95,"end":343.63,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":363.3,"end":365.48,"text":"Ja, they came back, and I think they're going to leave."},{"start":366.16,"end":369.38,"text":"They're checking out a couple of hotels right now, and I think they're going to lock off."},{"start":369.44,"end":379.59,"text":"So, next day, they're going to lock it off, and I think they're going to leave."},{"start":379.61,"end":380.67,"text":"Oh, ok. Ok."},{"start":392.13,"end":393.69,"text":"You got questions?"},{"start":393.77,"end":394.17,"text":"No, always."}],"audioDurationSec":402,"audioFiles":[{"file":"863-004.mp3","bytes":9660778,"durationSec":402.4,"bitrate":192063,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures a discussion between United States Secret Service agents regarding phone repairs in the Oval Office. The agents appear to be coordinating with external entities, possibly Southern Bell or the General Services Administration, to resolve an issue with the phone system. The primary focus was on scheduling and executing the necessary repairs, with agents discussing the progress and expected completion of the work.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Phone repair","Scheduling","General Services Administration","Southern Bell"],"generatedAt":"2026-09-18T02:22:05.621Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","phone-repair","scheduling","general-services-administration","southern-bell"],"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/863-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/863-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/863/conversation-863-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}