Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 650 › Conversation 650-015
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 3:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec
AI Summary
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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NARA Description
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.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
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]Also recorded on January 18, 1972
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- 018-103 2:40 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm.
- 018-104 3:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 650-014 3:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
- 018-105 4:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
- 019-001 4:12 PM · 52 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 019-002 5:23 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
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).