Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 784 › Conversation 784-022
United States Secret Service on White House Taping System and Secret Service
Thursday, September 21, 1972 · 2:13 PM–8:49 AM ET · Oval Office · 43 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to oversee the technical installation or maintenance of the White House taping system. The discussion focused on the operational status and perceived quality of the recording equipment. The encounter concluded once the technical team confirmed the system was functioning as intended.
- White House Taping System
- Secret Service
- Technical Maintenance
- Oval Office Operations
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:13 pm on September 21, 1972 and 8:49 am on September 22, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 784-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 784-22
Date: September 21-22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm, September 21 and 8:49 am, September 22, 1972
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 2:13 pm,
September 21 and 8:49 am, September 22, 1972.
[Conversation No. 784-22A]
The President’s location
-Oval Office
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]
This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 8:49 am, September 22, 1972.Also recorded on September 21, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 784-022, September 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/784-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).