Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 794 › Conversation 794-010
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Monday, October 9, 1972 · 12:46 PM–3:10 PM ET · Oval Office ·55 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals utilized the Oval Office for a brief, undocumented interaction that did not involve President Nixon. The discussion appears to be limited to basic logistical coordination or personnel verification, as indicated by the repetitive exchange of the name 'Scott.' No substantive policy decisions or executive actions were captured during this brief exchange.
- Secret Service
- White House logistics
- Security operations
- Oval Office access
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NARA Description
On October 9, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 794-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 794-10
Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and
3:10 pm.
[Conversation No. 794-10A]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.Also recorded on October 9, 1972
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- 794-007 12:36 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:36 pm to 12:37 pm.
- 794-008 12:39 PM · 17 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 12:46 pm.
- 794-009 12:39 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
- 794-020 12:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:46 pm.
- 365-004 12:43 PM · 9 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 12:43 pm and 1:38 pm.
- 794-011 12:46 PM · 25 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 794-012 12:46 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Samuel I. Newhouse, Herbert G. Klein, Stephen B. Bull, and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 794-010, October 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/794-010 (accessed September 18, 2026).