Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 790 › Conversation 790-014

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 12:04 PM–12:39 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation790-014 on Tape 790StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 12:04 PMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 12:39 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 790-014 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s location. The brief discussion primarily focused on security protocols and the movement of the President. The recording is incomplete and consists of largely unintelligible audio, yielding no significant policy developments or actionable outcomes.

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Håla!

NARA Description

On October 2, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 790-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 790-14

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:04 pm and 12:39 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

An unknown agent talked with an unknown agent at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and
12:34 pm.

[See Conversation No. 790-14A]

        The President's location

[End of telephone conversation]

        [Unintelligible]

[This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:39 pm].

Also recorded on October 2, 1972

  • 030-039 11:39 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 790-009 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 790-010 11:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 790-011 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 030-040 11:43 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 790-012 11:43 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 790-013 11:44 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:44 am to 12:04 pm.
  • 790-015 12:39 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 790-014, October 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/790-014 (accessed October 1, 2026).