Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 780 › Conversation 780-019

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office security

Saturday, September 16, 1972 · 12:58 PM–12:59 PM ET · Oval Office ·15 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents;  [Unknown person(s)]Conversation780-019 onTape 780StartSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 12:58 PMEndSaturday, September 16, 1972 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 780-019 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 780-019, September 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/780-019 (accessed September 18, 2026).