Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met briefly in the Oval Office to coordinate administrative logistics regarding the President's schedule. The conversation focused on the movements and security arrangements for Richard Nixon, with input from Alexander P. Butterfield. No specific substantive policy decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
On October 13, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 797-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 797-35
Date: October 13, 1972
Time: 6:22 pm - 6:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President’s schedule
-Alexander P. Butterfield
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 6:22 and 6:25
pm.
(rev. Nov-03)
[Conversation No. 797-35A]
The President’s unknown location
[End of telephone conversation]
The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 6:25 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.