Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 679 › Conversation 679-017
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Tuesday, March 7, 1972 · 12:43 PM–3:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and communicate updates regarding the President’s movements. The dialogue, which includes a brief reference to the Executive Office Building and a telephone exchange, remains largely fragmentary. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative encounter.
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NARA Description
On March 7, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 679-17
Date: March 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 3:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service] agents met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 09/20/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[679-017-w001]
[Duration: 8s]
Greetings
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The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 09/20/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[679-017-w002]
[Duration: 15s]
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:43 and 3:01
pm.
[Conversation 679-17A]
Agent answering phone
Barbershop [?]
[End of telephone conversation]
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The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 3:01 pm.Also recorded on March 7, 1972
- 679-009 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:40 pm.
- 679-011 12:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James M. Roche, Richard C. Gerstenbeerg, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 021-010 12:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 322-018 12:45 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 322-019 12:45 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 322-020 12:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 322-021 12:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
- 322-022 12:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 679-017, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/679-017 (accessed October 12, 2026).