Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 102 › Conversation 102-003

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Internal memorandum

Tuesday, May 30, 1972 · 12:01 AM–8:01 AM ET · Cabinet Room

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation102-003 onTape 102StartTuesday, May 30, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndTuesday, May 30, 1972 at 8:01 AMRecording deviceCabinet RoomSourceNixon Library record for 102-003 ↗

AI Summary

United States Secret Service agents convened in the Cabinet Room to discuss the drafting of an internal memorandum. The brief, redacted exchange centers on an agent's extensive effort to finalize the document after weeks of preparation. No further substantive details regarding the policy implications or final actions of the memo are discernible from the available record.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:45:49John, I have labored with this memo for weeks.

NARA Description

On May 30, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 102-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 102-3

Date: Unknown between May 30 and June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:01 am, May 30 and 8:01 am, June 13, 1972
Location: Cabinet Room

Secret Service agents entered

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[Duration: 2m 18s ]

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The Secret Service agents left at an unknown time before 8:01 am, June 13, 1972

Also recorded on May 30, 1972

  • 102-001 12:01 AM — Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Robert J. McCloskey, Charles N. Brower, Reggie Thompson, Joseph Hancock, Ralph T. Smith, William L. Gifford, Charles D. Ablard, Thomas C. Korologos, Fred F. Fielding, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-002 12:01 AM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-004 12:01 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-005 12:01 AM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.
  • 102-007 12:01 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:01 am.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 102-003, May 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/102-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).