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.
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 AidConversation 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.
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[Pause]
The President’s location
-ResidenceNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.