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United States Secret Service agents on Presidential protection and Oval Office

Monday, October 16, 1972 · 6:16 PM–7:54 AM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation800-006 on Tape 800StartMonday, October 16, 1972 at 6:16 PMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 7:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 800-006 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417181797 ↗

A 19-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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
    -Residence

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 800-006, October 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417181797). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/800-006 (accessed November 9, 2026).