Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 799 › Conversation 799-037
United States Secret Service on Presidential security and Secret Service
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 12:54 PM–3:52 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service personnel engaged in brief communications regarding the current location of President Nixon. The discussion specifically confirmed that the President was situated in the Executive Office Building. No further substantive policy matters or tactical developments were recorded.
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NARA Description
On October 16, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 3:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 799-37
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 3:52 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
[Conversation No. 799-37A]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 12/12/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[799-037-w001]
[Duration: 7s]
The President’s location [?]
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[End of telephone conversation]
The unknown person [Secret Service] talked with an unknown person
[Conversation 799-37B]
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]Also recorded on October 16, 1972
- 799-019 11:42 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 12:45 pm.
- 031-053 11:44 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 12:45 pm.
- 031-054 12:45 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm.
- 031-055 12:47 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 12:47 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 367-001 1:26 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-002 1:26 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 1:26 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-003 1:28 PM · 13 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 1:28 pm and 2:21 pm.
- 367-004 1:28 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:28 pm and 2:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 799-037, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-037 (accessed September 25, 2026).