Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 793 › Conversation 793-017
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Friday, October 6, 1972 · 12:29 PM–4:01 PM ET · Oval Office ·56 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and communications regarding the President's movements and schedule. The discussion primarily focused on the President's presence in the Executive Office Building and preparations for an upcoming press conference. These logistical exchanges were captured in brief, fragmented segments by the taping system as security personnel managed the President's itinerary.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 793-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 793-17
Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 4:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
Press conference
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and
4:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 793-17A
President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]
Unknown agents left at an unknown time before 4:01 pm.
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and
4:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 793-17B]
[Unintelligible]
[End of telephone conversation]Also recorded on October 6, 1972
- 031-010 12:29 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 354-011 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-012 12:29 PM · 8 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 12:29 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 354-013 12:29 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:30 pm.
- 365-001 12:29 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 365-002 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 365-003 12:29 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 12:29 pm on October 6, 1972 and 1:38 pm on October 9, 1972.
- 354-014 12:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 793-017, October 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/793-017 (accessed September 18, 2026).