Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 808 › Conversation 808-016
United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service
Friday, October 27, 1972 · 5:11 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office to discuss unspecified operational matters. Due to the lack of a transcript and the brevity of the recording before the participants departed, the specific substance of their deliberations remains unknown. The recording concludes shortly after the meeting began, leaving no record of finalized decisions or actionable directives.
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NARA Description
On October 27, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 808-16
Date: October 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:11 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
Departure from room
[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time after 5:11 pm.]Also recorded on October 27, 1972
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- 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.
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- 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.
- 808-014 4:40 PM · 2 min — 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 808-016, 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/808-016 (accessed October 23, 2026).