Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 810 › Conversation 810-018
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 4:10 PM–3:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals engaged in brief exchanges within the Oval Office, as captured by the White House taping system. The dialogue consists of fragmented logistical instructions regarding the presence and movement of personnel. No significant policy decisions or substantive political matters were recorded during these brief interactions.
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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 4:10 pm on October 31, 1972 and 3:01 pm on November 1, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 810-18
Date: October 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:10 pm, October 31, 1972 and 3:01 pm, November 1, 1972
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 4:10 pm, October 31, 1972 and 3:01 pm, November 1, 1972.
[Conversation No. 810-18A]
The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]
The President’s location
-EOB
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 4:10 pm, October 31, 1972 and 3:01 pm, November 1, 1972.
[Conversation No. 810-18B]
The President's location
[End of telephone conversation]
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:01 pm, November 1, 1972.Also recorded on October 31, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 810-018, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-018 (accessed October 5, 2026).