Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 643 › Conversation 643-011

United States Secret Service agents

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 3:40 PM–4:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation643-011 on Tape 643 (tape position 01:45:43–01:46:48)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 3:40 PMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 643-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183207 ↗

A 21-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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.

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.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
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  • 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 · 3 min — 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.

Conversation 643-011, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183207). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/643-011 (accessed November 13, 2026).