Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 643 › Conversation 643-012
United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security
Monday, January 3, 1972 · 3:40 PM–4:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 36 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to conduct logistical coordination regarding the President's movements. The dialogue primarily focused on confirming the President’s location, specifically noting his presence in the Cabinet Room with Stephen B. Bull. No further substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were recorded in this brief exchange.
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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 643-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 643-12
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]
[643-012-w001]
[Duration: 16s]
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
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The President's location
-Cabinet Room
-Stephen B. Bull
[An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and
4:44 pm.]
[Conversation No. 643-12A]
Affirmation of unknown comments
[End of telephone conversation]
The unknown men left at an unknown time before 4:44 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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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.
- 643-011 3:40 PM · 21 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.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 643-012, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183209). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/643-012 (accessed November 13, 2026).