Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 643 › Conversation 643-011
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 3:40 PM–4:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics, though the specific details of the discussion remain largely unintelligible. The brief exchange appears to concern the physical presence and movements of the President as he transitioned toward the Cabinet Room. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this fragmentary interaction.
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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 3:40 pm and 4:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 643-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 643-11
Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:40 pm and 4:44 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 08/12/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[643-011-w001]
[Duration: 16s]
[An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and
4:44 pm.]
[Conversation No. 643-11A]
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
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The unknown men [agents] left at an unknown time before 4:44 pm.Also recorded on January 3, 1972
- 018-108 2:58 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rogers C. B. Morton talked on the telephone from 2:58 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 643-010 3:07 PM · 34 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry Ford, II, Edwin D. Etherington, Charles W. Colson, Rayburn D. Hanzlik, White House photographer, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, and Peter G. Peterson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:07 pm to 3:40 pm.
- 087-001 3:40 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Paul A. Volcker, George P. Shultz, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, Peter G. Peterson, Richard V. ("Dick") Allen, Deane R. Hinton, William D. Eberle, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:40 pm to 4:44 pm.
- 643-012 3:40 PM · 36 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:44 pm.
- 018-013 4:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 018-014 4:44 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, unknown person(s), and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:44 pm and 5:15 pm.
- 087-002 4:44 PM · 5 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
- 087-003 4:44 PM — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:44 pm on January 3, 1972 and 2:45 pm on January 20, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 643-011, 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/643-011 (accessed September 29, 2026).