Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 660 › Conversation 660-014
United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service
Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 12:15 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office ·11 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office for a brief, recorded interaction characterized primarily by room noise and muffled dialogue. The exchange was extremely limited in scope, consisting of a single directive to remain in place before the participants departed. No substantive policy discussions or significant presidential decisions were captured during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On January 29, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 660-014 Date: January 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 11:59 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met. ****************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 07/31/2019.] [Unintelligible] [660-014-w001] [Duration: 11s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ****************************************************************************** The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
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- 019-169 12:10 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-009 12:10 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:10 pm.
- 660-010 12:10 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-011 12:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-012 12:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 660-013 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:12 pm to 12:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 660-014, January 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-014 (accessed September 18, 2026).