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United States Secret Service agents on President's location and Oval Office

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 12:21 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 31 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation645-007 on Tape 645 (tape position 01:30:21–01:30:49)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 12:21 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 645-007 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief exchange between United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office. The primary topic of discussion was the President's current location, with one agent inquiring if he was in the Oval Office or the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation was largely unintelligible and cut off before concluding.

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Position in tape: 01:30:21 – 01:30:49

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NARA Description

On January 11, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 645-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 645-7

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

     The President's location
          -Old Executive Office Building [EOB]

     [Unintelligible]

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

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Unknown[unintelligible] or is he over in the EOB?
Unknown[unintelligible]
UnknownOkay.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 645-007, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/645-007 (accessed November 2, 2026).