Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 673 › Conversation 673-001

United States Secret Service agents

Wednesday, February 16, 1972 · 3:25 PM–3:44 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation673-001 on Tape 673 (tape position 00:00:27–00:18:01)StartWednesday, February 16, 1972 at 3:25 PMEndWednesday, February 16, 1972 at 3:44 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 673-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180817 ↗

An 18-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

Audio

Download MP3 · 0.7 MB

NARA Description

On February 16, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:44 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 673-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 673-1

Date: February 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:44 pm
Location: Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agent?] talked with an unknown person.Conv. No. 673-3 (cont.)

******************************************************************************

[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 08/25/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[673-001-w001]
[Duration: 17s]

******************************************************************************

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).

Do you think that's better than what I did?
No, it's better than what I did.

Also recorded on February 16, 1972

  • 673-002 3:44 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 4:14 pm.
  • 673-003 4:15 PM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, Richard G. Kleindienst, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:15 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 020-098 8:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:13 pm.
  • 020-099 8:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 8:13 pm to 8:14 pm.
  • 020-100 8:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:14 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 020-101 10:03 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:03 pm to 10:04 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 673-001, February 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180817). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/673-001 (accessed November 11, 2026).