Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 652 › Conversation 652-019
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and security logistics
Thursday, January 20, 1972 · 6:36 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
Secret Service personnel met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and personnel deployment for an upcoming event or location. The discussion focused on the necessity of advancing a security agent to the site before others arrived. This exchange highlights the routine operational planning and preparation required for presidential protection details.
- Secret Service
- security logistics
- presidential protection
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On January 20, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 652-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 652-19
Date: January 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 652-19A]
The President’s location
An unknown agent entered at an unknown time.
[End of telephone conversation]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 08/09/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[652-019-w001]
[Duration: 1m 13s]
Unknown man
-Program [?]
Unknown people entered at an unknown time.
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Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on January 20, 1972
- 019-036 5:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:22 pm.
- 652-014 5:59 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:59 pm and 6:00 pm.
- 019-037 6:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:06 pm.
- 652-015 6:00 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Robert H. Finch met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:00 pm to 6:08 pm.
- 019-038 6:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 6:06 pm to 6:08 pm.
- 652-016 6:08 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:08 pm and 6:12 pm.
- 652-017 6:08 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:08 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 652-018 6:36 PM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 652-019, 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/652-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).