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United States Secret Service agents

Monday, January 17, 1972 · 6:33 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 46 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation649-002 on Tape 649 (tape position 02:49:55–02:50:42)StartMonday, January 17, 1972 at 6:33 PMEndMonday, January 17, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 649-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180407 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief interaction between United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals in the Oval Office. The conversation follows the departure of President Nixon and H.R. Haldeman from the room earlier that evening. Due to the limited nature of the recording, no substantive policy or political discussions are recorded.

Audio

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NARA Description

On January 17, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:33 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 649-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 649-2

Date: January 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:33 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

       Manolo Sanchez

[An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time.]

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 04/26/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[649-002-w001]
[Duration: 22s]

[Conversation No. 649-2A]

       The President’s location
            -Residence

[End of telephone conversation]

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

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Occasional movement sounds, footsteps, and faint unintelligible utterances throughout.

Also recorded on January 17, 1972

  • 315-021 3:44 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger Staubach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:58 pm.
  • 649-001 3:46 PM · 2 hr 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 6:38 pm.
  • 315-023 3:58 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:58 pm to 3:59 pm.
  • 315-024 4:00 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, John B. Connally, Marjorie P. Acker, unknown person(s), Raymond K. Price, Jr., Rose Mary Woods, and Walter R. Tkach met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 018-094 6:38 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:38 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 018-095 7:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:42 pm.
  • 018-096 7:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 7:50 pm.
  • 018-097 7:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 649-002, January 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180407). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/649-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).