Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-016
United States Secret Service agents phone call on Secret Service
Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 8:33 PM–9:02 AM ET · White House Telephone · 49 sec
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents “Doc” Harvey and Miller coordinated a logistical check via the White House operator. The conversation served to facilitate an alarm test at the Executive Office Building. This routine security procedure ensured the operational readiness of the building's monitoring systems.
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 8:33 pm on July 27, 1971 and 9:02 am on July 28, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-16
Date: Unknown between July 27 and July 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:33 pm, July 27 and 9:02 am, July 28, 1971
Location: White House Telephone
A United States Secret Service agent [USSS] [First name unknown] (“Doc”) Harvey talked with
the White House operator.
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[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 08/08/2019
with new guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[007-w016-w001]
[Duration: 44s]
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United States Secret Service Agent [First name unknown] (“Doc”) Harvey talked with a United
States Secret Service [USSS] Agent Miller.
Executive Office Building [EOB]
-Alarm test
**********************************************************************Also recorded on July 28, 1971
- 007-006 8:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 pm.
- 007-014 8:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 8:07 pm to 8:09 pm.
- 265-001 8:12 PM · 2 hr 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
- 265-002 8:12 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
- 265-003 8:12 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:12 pm and 11:36 pm.
- 007-015 8:31 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:31 pm to 8:33 pm.
- 265-004 11:36 PM — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 11:36 pm on July 27, 1971 and 9:00 am on July 28, 1971.
- 549-001 9:00 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-016, July 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-016 (accessed October 9, 2026).