Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics or personnel movements. The conversation lasted only 17 seconds and involved administrative or protective detail business. Due to the sensitive nature of the security protocols discussed, the recording content remains restricted under federal statute.
On March 21, 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 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 690-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 690-015 Date: March 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 1:00 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met. An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time before 1:00 pm. ************************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and closed. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and was reviewed under deed of gift 09/30/2019.] [Federal Statute] [690-015-w001] Page | 23 White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973 Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542 [Duration: 17s] ************************************************************************** The President’s location -East Room
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.