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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 8:45 AM–9:02 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation642-005 onTape 642 (tape position 02:11:16–02:12:36)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 8:45 AMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 9:02 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 642-005 ↗

AI Summary

United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals convened in the Oval Office to briefly coordinate logistics regarding the President's upcoming schedule in the Roosevelt Room. The dialogue is largely disjointed and inconclusive, consisting primarily of vague speculation among the participants about the status of a specific item or situation. No definitive decisions or significant policy actions were recorded during this brief encounter.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:12:14This cozy, chose, fierce, rough cell.
2:12:18I think the president is going to make it.
2:12:20I think it's gone.
2:12:21I don't know if it's gone.
2:12:23I think it's probably gone.
2:12:24I don't know if it's gone.
2:12:31I don't know if it's gone.
2:12:32I don't know if it's gone.

NARA Description

On January 3, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 642-5

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:02 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

An agent talked with unknown person.

[Conversation No. 642-5A]

     The President's schedule
          -Roosevelt Room

[End of telephone conversation]

The agents left at an unknown time before 9:02 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 642-005, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/642-005 (accessed September 18, 2026).