Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 808 › Conversation 808-014
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Friday, October 27, 1972 · 4:40 PM–4:42 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to discuss logistical details regarding the President’s location and movements. Due to a withdrawn segment and unintelligible audio, the specifics of the security arrangements remain undisclosed. The conversation concluded abruptly shortly after it began.
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NARA Description
On October 27, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 808-14
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President’s location
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency statute]
[Duration: 1s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s location
-Uncertainty
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and
4:42 pm.
[Conversation No. 808-14A]
[Unintelligible]
[End of telephone conversation]
Walking
[The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 4:42 pm.]Also recorded on October 27, 1972
- 109-001 3:18 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Spanish-speaking campaign surrogates, including Dr. Henry M. Ramirez, Phillip V. Sanchez, Romana A. Banuelos, Carlos C. Villarreal, Joseph J. Jova, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., Rodolfo Montejano, Antonio F. Rodriguez, Carlos D. Conde, Bert A. Gallegos, Louis Nunez, Jorge L. Cordova, Edward Hidalgo, Alejandro ("Alex") Armendariz, William H. Marumoto, Kenneth W. Clawson, Rayburn D. Hanzlik, Charles W. Colson, Robert J. Dole, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:45 pm.
- 110-001 3:43 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:43 pm on October 27, 1972 and 11:08 am on November 8, 1972.
- 110-002 3:43 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:43 pm on October 27, 1972 and 11:08 am on November 8, 1972.
- 808-011 3:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Phillip V. Sanchez, Josefina Sanchez, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 808-012 3:44 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:44 pm to 3:45 pm.
- 808-013 3:45 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Souvanna Phouma, Pheng Norindr, William H. Sullivan, Alex G. Toumayan, the White House photographer, and members of the press met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:45 pm to 4:40 pm.
- 808-015 4:45 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:45 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 808-016 5:11 PM · 18 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 808-014, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/808-014 (accessed October 23, 2026).