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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and 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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and security regarding his family's holiday activities. The discussion focused on preparations for a forthcoming photo session involving Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, as well as the distribution of gifts by the President. Following these arrangements, the agents concluded their briefing and departed the office.

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Gentlemen, have you seen him?
From West?
No, not me.
Well, we'll stick around.
We'll see you.

NARA Description

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.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

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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  • 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.
  • 087-004 4:44 PM — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 643-015, 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/643-015 (accessed September 29, 2026).