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United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security

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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180445 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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]

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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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 650-015, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180445). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-015 (accessed November 13, 2026).