Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met briefly in the Oval Office to conduct security-related business. While specific details of the discussion remain unavailable due to the absence of a transcript, the interaction pertains to routine administrative or protective protocols managed by the Secret Service. The meeting concluded shortly after its commencement, with no record of specific policy decisions or executive actions.
On September 16, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 12:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 780-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 780-19
Date: September 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:58 pm and 1:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Security agents] met.
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
(rev. Oct-06)
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person between 12:58 pm and 1:59 pm.
[See Conversation No. 780-19A]
The President’s location
[End of telephone conversation]
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:59 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.