Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 782 › Conversation 782-002

United States Secret Service agents on Operational security

Monday, September 18, 1972 · 5:30 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation782-002 on Tape 782StartMonday, September 18, 1972 at 5:30 PMEndMonday, September 18, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 782-002 ↗

A 26-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On September 18, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 782-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 782-2

Date: September 18, 1972
Time: Unknown after 5:30 pm.
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and
11:59 pm.

[Conversation No. 782-2A]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency statute]
[Duration: 5s    ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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[End of telephone conversation]

             Deadline

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 782-002, September 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/782-002 (accessed November 15, 2026).