Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 794 › Conversation 794-011
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Monday, October 9, 1972 · 12:46 PM–3:10 PM ET · Oval Office ·25 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to discuss the discovery of a specific item. The brief exchange centers on the presentation of this object to the President's staff or security detail. The recording concludes shortly after the item is presented, leaving the broader context of its origin and significance unaddressed.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Security procedures
- White House operations
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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 794-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 794-11
Date: October 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:46 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
A Secret Service agent talked with an unknown person.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency policy]
[Duration: 9s ]
(rev. Nov-03)
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s schedule
[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:10 pm.]Also recorded on October 9, 1972
- 794-006 12:13 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sharon McLarty, I. W. McLarty, Mrs. I. W. McLarty, Tony McLarty, James O. Eastland, John E. Nidecker, White House photographer, William E. Timmons, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:36 pm.
- 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.
- 794-010 12:46 PM · 55 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 794-011, 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/794-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).