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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 3:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation650-015 on Tape 650 (tape position 06:08:24–06:09:23)StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 3:45 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 3:45 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 650-015 ↗

Secret Service personnel engaged in a brief discussion regarding President Nixon’s physical location at the Executive Office Building. The exchange appears to be a logistical status check concerning the President's whereabouts during his work day. No broader policy or political developments were recorded during this brief administrative communication.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On January 18, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 650-15

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: 3:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.

[Conversation No. 650-15A]

The President’s location
     -Executive Office Building [EOB]

[End of telephone conversation]
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Conversation 650-015, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-015 (accessed September 29, 2026).