Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 829 › Conversation 829-041
Nixon White House recording on Secret Service and Oval Office security
Tuesday, January 2, 1973 · 1:14 PM–3:33 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service personnel met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to coordinate security protocols. The discussion centered on establishing protective positioning and monitoring the perimeter of the room. This interaction highlights the routine operational procedures maintained by security details during the President's scheduled working hours.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office security
- Presidential protection
- operational protocols
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NARA Description
On January 2, 1973, unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 3:33 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 829-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 829-41
Date: January 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 3:33 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents?] met.
Unknown person’s location
Unknown people left at an unknown time before 3:33 pm.Also recorded on January 2, 1973
- 829-032 11:46 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:50 am.
- 829-033 11:50 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:00 pm.
- 829-034 12:00 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 829-035 12:13 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William E. Timmons, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:56 pm.
- 829-036 12:56 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:00 pm.
- 829-037 1:00 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 035-057 2:43 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:43 pm.
- 393-001 2:45 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:33 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 829-041, January 2, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/829-041 (accessed October 2, 2026).