Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 800 › Conversation 800-006
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Monday, October 16, 1972 · 6:16 PM–7:54 AM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service personnel engaged in an internal discussion within the Oval Office regarding security logistics and the status of President Nixon’s location. The participants focused on maintaining operational protocols while the President was situated in the White House residence. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:16 pm on October 16, 1972 and 7:54 am on October 17, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 800-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 800-6
Date: October 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:16 pm, October 16, 1972 and 7:54 am, October 17, 1972
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
[Pause]
The President’s location
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- 800-005 5:34 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Joseph J. Staszak, White House operator, and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:34 pm to 6:16 pm.
- 031-079 5:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph J. Staszak talked on the telephone from 5:42 pm to 5:44 pm.
- 031-080 5:44 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:59 pm.
- 031-081 5:59 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew talked on the telephone from 5:59 pm to 6:08 pm.
- 031-087 7:14 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:14 pm to 7:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 800-006, 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/800-006 (accessed September 25, 2026).