{"conversationCode":"917-042","tapeNumber":917,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-917-042","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T21:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T22:16:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"5:17 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"6:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 6:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-042 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 No. 917-042\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:17 pm and 6:16 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnited States Secret Service [USSS] agents met.\n\n       President’s location\n              -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n              -Notification\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 6:16 pm.","filename":["917-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"917-041","nextCode":"917-043","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":5.32,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.38,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":6.4,"end":6.94,"text":"I don't know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss logistics regarding his movements and notification protocols. The brief exchange primarily focused on the President's location and potential travel to the Executive Office Building. Due to the limited nature of the recording, no further substantive decisions or developments were captured before the conversation concluded.","topics":["Secret Service","Presidential logistics","Executive Office Building","White House security","Presidential movement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:07:32.264Z"},"topicSlugs":["secret-service","presidential-logistics","executive-office-building","white-house-security","presidential-movement"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"917-042.mp3","bytes":458752,"durationSec":11.39,"bitrate":322308,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.597Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/917-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/917-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/917/conversation-917-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}