Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 449 › Conversation 449-021

United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 5:15 PM–8:20 PM ET · Oval Office ·23 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation449-021 onTape 449 (tape position 03:56:10–04:00:17)StartTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 5:15 PMEndTuesday, September 21, 1971 at 8:20 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 449-021 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to conduct an administrative or security-related briefing. The dialogue remains largely unintelligible, providing no actionable intelligence or clear records of substantive policy discussions. The meeting concluded when the agents departed the office shortly before 8:20 pm.

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NARA Description

On September 21, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 8:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 449-21

Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 8:20 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents ] met.

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 8:20 pm.

Also recorded on September 21, 1971

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  • 449-018 4:23 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Prince Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Ibrahim al-Sowayel, Joseph J. Sisco, Camile Nowfels, Harold H. Saunders, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:23 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 449-019 5:00 PM · 52 sec — Manolo Sanchez and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:02 pm.
  • 449-020 5:02 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:15 pm.
  • 009-104 6:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 009-105 7:33 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:33 pm.
  • 009-106 7:33 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:33 pm and 7:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 449-021, September 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/449-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).