Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 782 › Conversation 782-002
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Operational security
Monday, September 18, 1972 · 5:30 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with unknown individuals in the Oval Office to discuss operational directives. The interaction was brief, concluding with an explicit instruction to proceed with a specific, though redacted, course of action. The recording ends abruptly following this authorization, providing no further context regarding the nature of the task.
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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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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.Also recorded on September 18, 1972
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- 356-004 6:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:58 pm and 7:14 pm.
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 October 1, 2026).