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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 5:40 PM–8:58 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation863-018 on Tape 863StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 5:40 PMEndMonday, February 26, 1973 at 8:58 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 863-018 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an interaction between United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office, likely concerning security protocols or scheduling. The conversation touches upon an unknown man's schedule, including a meeting, and mentions "Chief," "Switch," and a "Return telephone call" related to pizza. While the specifics are unclear due to the fragmented nature of the transcript, the discussion appears to involve operational details and personnel movements within the protective detail.

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Why would I want to do that?

Why would I want to stay in the airport?

Who's that?

I've never seen you.

Get off the controls, then.

Oh my God, it's funny.

I don't know about you, but I don't know if you want to see much.

I don't know.

Yeah, he's smart as hell.

Now, see, I had a rough description of this before coming here.

When I started off, I know, G4, E6, and E7.

Now, it's easy for you to say, you know, stay down here, but you don't have to sit there and talk to me.

I'm sure I would.

Like Thursday night, I wouldn't ask you for it.

You wouldn't ask me for it.

I'd ask you to come down here and talk to me.

You know?

And tonight, it wasn't just you and the big kill center out of line at 8 o'clock.

Right?

That's right.

So you were just in such a regular line that, you know, there's some dirtiness in it when we're not in the kill center, of course, in the annual.

And I see why it's not a con.

It's bad for one week, you know.

You can't see any of them twice.

The next week, you're going to be guessing sex twice.

Then cheating four times.

You know, I can't cut it.

I'm confident he's going to be right there with me this evening.

He may have to go to senior season this evening.

He may have to go up to the mission.

I was going to move him up a couple of notches.

See?

Just to get my feet this year, I thought he'd back to me.

You ready?

5, 6, 7, 8

NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 863-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 863-18

Date: Unknown between February 23 and 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 5:40 pm, Feb. 23, and 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973
Location: Oval Office

An unknown person [Executive Protective Service (EPS)?] talked with an unknown man.

[Conversation No. 863-18A]

       Unknown man’s schedule
            -Meeting

       Chief

       Switch

       Permission [?]

       Return telephone call
              -Pizza
                                           -18-

                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 863-18 (cont’d)

[End telephone conversation]

An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 5:40 pm, Feb. 23, 1973.

       Greeting

The unknown man left at an unknown time before 8:58 am, Feb. 26, 1973.

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

863-004 5:40 PM · 7 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-005 5:40 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-006 5:40 PM · 59 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-007 5:40 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-008 5:40 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-009 5:40 PM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-010 5:40 PM · 31 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-011 5:40 PM · 20 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 863-018, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/863-018 (accessed October 1, 2026).