{"conversationCode":"898-026","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-026","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T15:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T15:34:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"10:00 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"10:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On April 17, 1973, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation 898-26\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:00 am and 10:34 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown persons [United States Secret Service [USSS] agents ?] met at an unknown time after\n10:00 am.\n\f                                               -7-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                     (rev. October-2011)\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 898-26 (cont’d)\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Meeting with Giulio Andreotti\n                      -Entrance\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-\n2014-038. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 06/17/2019. Archivist: DR]\n[National Security]\n[898-026-w001]\n[Duration: 1m 44s]\n\n       USSS\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nThe unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.","filename":["898-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"898-025","nextCode":"898-027","transcript":[{"start":39.47,"end":40.55,"text":"I don't know now."},{"start":40.58,"end":42.44,"text":"I mean, do I get to do that sometimes?"},{"start":42.46,"end":43.99,"text":"Maybe we should do it."},{"start":44.01,"end":44.65,"text":"I don't know how to do it."},{"start":78.18,"end":78.47,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Secret Service agents briefly met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics surrounding President Nixon's upcoming meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. The discussion involved brief, fragmented logistical planning regarding the protocol for the President's schedule. Much of the interaction remains classified due to national security concerns, limiting the public record of the specific procedures discussed.","topics":["Secret Service","Giulio Andreotti","Presidential schedule","Security protocols","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:33:00.014Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","giulio-andreotti","presidential-schedule","security-protocols","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-026.mp3","bytes":2680832,"durationSec":83.69,"bitrate":256252,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}