{"conversationCode":"863-020","tapeNumber":863,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-863-020","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 863-020 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. 863-20\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       Reentry [?]\n\f                                            -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 863-20 (cont’d)\n\n              -Bob [Last name unknown]\n\nAn unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:40 pm, Feb.\n23, and 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973.\n\n[Conversation No. 863-20A]\n\n       Appointment [?]\n             -Return\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n       Schedule\n             -Reading material\n                    -Washington Star [?]\n                          -Sunday edition\n             -Rest\n\nAn unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973.","filename":["863-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"863-019","nextCode":"863-021","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":0.65,"text":"Thank you sir."},{"start":0.67,"end":0.93,"text":"That's okay."},{"start":42.23,"end":47.74,"text":"Good old us for one hour or two."},{"start":48.24,"end":51.65,"text":"Not even that long."}],"audioDurationSec":60,"audioFiles":[{"file":"863-020.mp3","bytes":1446629,"durationSec":60.16,"bitrate":192370,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","aiSummary":{"text":"This recording captures a brief, informal exchange between United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office. The conversation appears to touch upon logistical matters, possibly related to reentry or appointments, and mentions reading material such as the Sunday Washington Star. No significant decisions or action items are discernible from the limited transcript.","topics":["Secret Service","Oval Office","Logistics","Appointments","Reading material","Washington Star"],"generatedAt":"2026-09-18T02:22:36.117Z"},"findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:50.397Z","topicSlugs":["secret-service","oval-office","logistics","appointments","reading-material","washington-star"],"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/863-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/863-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/863/conversation-863-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}