Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 866 › Conversation 866-023
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 3:30 PM–11:00 AM ET · Oval Office · 5 min
AI Summary
This recording captures a brief, undocumented interaction in the Oval Office involving President Nixon and United States Secret Service agents. The conversation appears to be a casual exchange, possibly related to the President's movements or security arrangements, with mentions of the Executive Office Building and a question about readiness. The agents departed at an unspecified time before the morning of March 2, 1973.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Presidential movements
- Executive Office Building
- Security
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 3:30 pm on March 1, 1973 and 11:00 am on March 2, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 866-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 866-23
Date: March 1 or 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm, March 1 and 11:00 am, March 2, 1973
Location: Oval Office
Unknown Secret Service agents met.
Door [?]
President’s location [?]
-Question
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
Unknown agents left at an unknown time before 11:00 am, March 2, 1973.Also recorded on March 1, 1973
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- 866-019 3:06 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert Roth, Walter R. Tkach, Richard L. Wilson, John L. Steele, Lucian C Warren, Jerald F. ("Jerry") terHorst, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 416-007 3:35 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 3:36 pm.
- 416-008 3:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 416-009 4:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:00 pm to 4:01 pm.
- 037-019 4:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:42 pm.
- 416-010 4:01 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:01 pm and 4:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 866-023, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/866-023 (accessed October 12, 2026).