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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security

Friday, March 10, 1972 · 12:40 PM–12:45 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation682-011 on Tape 682 (tape position 00:57:44–00:59:00)StartFriday, March 10, 1972 at 12:40 PMEndFriday, March 10, 1972 at 12:45 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 682-011 ↗

United States Secret Service agents met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics. Due to the lack of available audio or transcript documentation, the specific substance of their exchange remains unintelligible. The brief meeting concluded with the agents departing the premises shortly before 12:45 pm.

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On March 10, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 682-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 682-11

Date: March 10,1972
Time: Unknown between 12:40pm and 12:45pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown man [Secret Service agents] met.

[Unintelligible]

An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:40pm and
12:45pm.

[Conversation No.682-114]

[Unintelligible]

[End of telephone conversation]

An unknown agent talked with and unknown person at an unknown time between 12:40pm and
12:45pm.

[Conversation No. 682-11B]

     The President’s location
          -Cabinet Room

[End of telephone conversation]

The agents left at an unknown time before 12;45pm.
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Conversation 682-011, March 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/682-011 (accessed October 3, 2026).