Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 797 › Conversation 797-034
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Friday, October 13, 1972 · 10:06 AM–10:51 AM ET · Oval Office · 24 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals convened in the Oval Office while President Nixon was located in the Cabinet Room. The recording captures brief, unintelligible interactions among these personnel. No substantive policy discussions or specific action items were discernable due to the lack of available transcript data.
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NARA Description
On October 13, 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 10:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 797-34
Date: October 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:51 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:06 am and
10:51 am.
[Conversation No. 797-34A]
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
[End of telephone conversation]
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- 797-003 9:44 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:44 am to 10:05 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 797-034, October 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/797-034 (accessed October 10, 2026).