Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 643 › Conversation 643-015

United States Secret Service agents on Presidential family

Monday, January 3, 1972 · 6:01 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 21 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation643-015 on Tape 643 (tape position 03:10:19–03:12:25)StartMonday, January 3, 1972 at 6:01 PMEndMonday, January 3, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 643-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183215 ↗

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 met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:01 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 643-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 643-15

Date: January 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:01 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

     Schedules

The unknown people [agents] left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm

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Gentlemen, have you seen him?
From West?
No, not me.
Well, we'll stick around.
We'll see you.
  • 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.
  • 087-004 4:44 PM · 12 sec — 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.
  • 018-111 5:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:15 pm on January 3, 1972 and 11:44 pm on January 8, 1972.
  • 643-014 6:00 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:01 pm.
  • 643-009 6:01 PM · 5 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:01 pm and 11:59 pm.

Conversation 643-015, January 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183215). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/643-015 (accessed November 13, 2026).