Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-001

United States Secret Service agents phone call on Secret Service

Monday, April 5, 1971 · 12:00 AM–8:54 AM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; White House operatorConversation042-001 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:00:36–00:00:58)StartMonday, April 5, 1971 at 12:00 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 8:54 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-001 ↗

A Secret Service agent coordinated with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief administrative exchange served to bridge the call to the intended recipient. No further substantive policy or operational details were captured in this short recording.

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United States Secret Service agents and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on April 5, 1971 and 8:54 am on April 6, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 42-1

Date: Unknown between April 5 and April 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between April 5 and 8:54 am, April 6, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

An unknown person (Secret Service Agent) talked with the White House operator.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/24/2018. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-historical Returnable]
[042-001-w001]
[Duration: 22s]

       Request for telephone call

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Conversation 042-001, April 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).