Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 652 › Conversation 652-001
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Thursday, January 20, 1972 · 12:00 AM–1:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 14 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office for a brief, routine check-in with the President. The exchange consists only of brief, reassurances regarding the agents' readiness or well-being. Due to the extremely short duration and lack of audible substantive content, no significant policy decisions or strategic developments were recorded.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Presidential Protection
- Security Personnel
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NARA Description
On January 20, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 1:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 652-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 652-1 Date: January 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:00 am and 1:17 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown men [Secret Service agents?] met. ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 08/09/2022.] [Unintelligible] [652-001-w001] [Duration: 15s] ****************************************************************************** Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 1:17 pm.
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- 019-026 9:38 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:38 am and 10:47 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 652-001, January 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/652-001 (accessed October 11, 2026).