Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 637 › Conversation 637-018
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Friday, December 10, 1971 · 11:14 AM–12:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to conduct routine equipment checks of the taping system. The brief interaction focused on verifying the operational status of recording hardware, resulting in the successful confirmation of equipment functionality. No substantive policy or political discussions took place during this technical maintenance session.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- White House Taping System
- Technical Maintenance
- Presidential Security
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NARA Description
On December 10, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 12:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 637-18
Date: December 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:14 am and 12:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] entered.
[Unintelligible]
20
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 637-11 (cont.)
The President’s location
-West Wing
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 637-18A]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency Statute]
[Duration: 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[End of telephone conversation]
[Unintelligible]
The President’s location
-Residence
The unknown people [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 12:04 pmAlso recorded on December 10, 1971
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- 637-013 11:14 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 12:04 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 637-018, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).