Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 323 › Conversation 323-005
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Sunday, March 12, 1972 · 9:25 PM–6:05 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents conducted a technical assessment and sound check of the taping equipment installed in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building. The primary purpose of this encounter was to verify the operational status and audio clarity of the recording system connected to the President's phone line. The session concluded successfully after the agents confirmed that the equipment was functioning according to their requirements.
- Secret Service
- White House taping system
- technical maintenance
- audio surveillance
- Old Executive Office Building
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 323-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 323-5
Date: Unknown between March 12 and March 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:25 pm, March 12 and 6:05 pm, March 13, 1972
Location: Executive Office Building
An unknown man [Secret Service?] talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation 323-5A]
Sound check
[End of telephone conversation]
Unknown men met.
[Unintelligible]
The unknown men left at an unknown time before 6:05 pm, March 13, 1972.Also recorded on March 13, 1972
- 322-049 8:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-050 8:35 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 322-051 8:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 9:25 pm.
- 323-001 9:25 PM · 3 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972.
- 323-003 9:25 PM · 7 min — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972.
- 323-004 9:25 PM · 6 min — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972.
- 323-007 9:25 PM · 17 min — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972.
- 323-035 9:25 PM · 49 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:25 pm on March 12, 1972 and 6:05 pm on March 13, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 323-005, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/323-005 (accessed October 3, 2026).