Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 806 › Conversation 806-016
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House Security
Tuesday, October 24, 1972 · 12:50 PM–12:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents engaged in a series of brief, fragmented communications with unknown parties while the President was located in the Executive Office Building. The exchanges consist of repetitive, indistinct remarks that appear to be logistical or procedural in nature. Due to the lack of substantive content and the abrupt conclusion of the recording, no meaningful decisions or developments were documented.
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NARA Description
On October 24, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 806-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 806-16
Date: October 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 12:57 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and
12:57 pm.
[Conversation No. 806-16A]
Officers accompanying the President
[End of telephone conversation]
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and
12:57 pm.
[Conversation No. 806-16B]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
The President’s location
-EOB
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and
12:57 pm.
[Conversation No. 806-16C]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 12:57 p.m.]Also recorded on October 24, 1972
- 806-015 12:49 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:49 pm to 12:50 pm.
- 373-001 12:57 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:57 pm to 1:24 pm.
- 032-016 1:34 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:34 pm.
- 032-017 1:34 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 373-002 1:34 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:34 pm.
- 373-003 1:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 373-004 1:34 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 373-005 1:34 PM · 14 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 1:34 pm and 1:58 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 806-016, October 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/806-016 (accessed October 9, 2026).