Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 789 › Conversation 789-003
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 10:06 AM–10:16 AM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with unknown individuals in the Oval Office to briefly discuss matters related to the President's schedule. The interaction was limited in duration, with the participants departing shortly after the discussion concluded. Due to the unintelligible nature of the audio recording, no substantive policy decisions or specific logistical details were preserved.
- Secret Service
- Presidential schedule
- White House logistics
- Security detail
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NARA Description
On September 30, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 789-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 789-003
Date: September 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:16 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [United States Secret Service agents] met.
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:06 am and
10:47 am.
[Conversation No. 789-3A]
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 03/11/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[789-003-w001]
[Duration: 11s]
Response
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The President’s schedule
Unknown agents left at an unknown time before 10:17 am.Also recorded on September 30, 1972
- 789-001 8:58 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:58 am and 9:42 am.
- 789-002 9:42 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 10:06 am.
- 789-004 10:17 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:17 am and 10:34 am.
- 789-005 10:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Marjorie P. Acker met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:56 am.
- 789-006 10:56 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:56 am to 12:00 pm.
- 030-036 11:52 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:54 am.
- 030-037 12:00 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:05 pm.
- 789-007 12:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Charles E. ("Chip") Bohlen, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 789-003, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/789-003 (accessed October 11, 2026).