{"conversationCode":"918-029","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-029","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:07:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:04 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"1:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); United States Secret Service agents;","description":"On May 15, 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 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-029 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. 918-29\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nUnknown United States Secret Service [USSS] men met.\n\n     President’s schedule\n           -Haile Selassie’s state visit\n                 -Press photographs\n           -Rotation\n                 -Message\n                 -Break\n\n     Selassie’s arrival\n           -Check\n                 -Lock\n\nThe conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 1:07 pm.","filename":["918-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","United States Secret Service agents"],"prevCode":"918-028","nextCode":"918-030","transcript":[{"start":0.05,"end":0.29,"text":"Okay."},{"start":30.01,"end":33.79,"text":"It's a lot."},{"start":34.23,"end":35.02,"text":"All right."},{"start":36.41,"end":37.03,"text":"Go on with this, huh?"},{"start":37.05,"end":38.66,"text":"Oh, thank you very much."},{"start":38.68,"end":42.38,"text":"Uh, I'm sore up in here."},{"start":43.52,"end":45.92,"text":"Yeah, I'm going to be tilting you."},{"start":46.82,"end":47.28,"text":"All right."},{"start":48.02,"end":48.56,"text":"OK. All right."},{"start":48.6,"end":49.26,"text":"Go take a break."},{"start":49.28,"end":52.04,"text":"Well, I'm not quite ready, though."},{"start":52.06,"end":52.52,"text":"Is this better?"},{"start":52.56,"end":55.84,"text":"Yeah, I was just trying to see if that thing is locked or such."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics for the upcoming state visit of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. The discussion centered on managing the President’s schedule, specifically regarding the timing for press photography sessions and the rotation of security personnel. The agents also reviewed security protocols, including checking the physical locks in the area, to ensure the venue was properly prepared for the dignitary's arrival.","topics":["Haile Selassie","Secret Service","Presidential schedule","Security protocols","State visit","White House logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:41.915Z"},"topicSlugs":["haile-selassie","secret-service","presidential-schedule","security-protocols","state-visit","white-house-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":69,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-029.mp3","bytes":2213888,"durationSec":69.07,"bitrate":256434,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}