Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 656 › Conversation 656-011
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Wednesday, January 26, 1972 · 12:02 PM–12:05 PM ET · Oval Office · 27 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss his daily schedule. The exchange was informal and lacked any substantive policy developments, consisting primarily of general conversation. The brief interaction concluded as the agents exited the office shortly thereafter.
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NARA Description
On January 26, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 656-11
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:02 pm and 12:05 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 11/30/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[656-011-w001]
[Duration: 26s]
The President’s schedule
General conversation
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The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm.Also recorded on January 26, 1972
- 656-012 12:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and J. William Middendorf, II met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 656-014 12:09 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 019-097 12:11 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:11 pm.
- 656-013 12:11 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Ronald W. Reagan, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:11 pm.
- 019-098 12:12 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:12 pm.
- 656-015 12:12 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Cornelius A. Scott met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:12 pm.
- 656-016 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:14 pm.
- 019-099 12:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 656-011, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-011 (accessed October 6, 2026).