Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 449 › Conversation 449-022
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Tuesday, September 21, 1971 · 8:32 PM–11:27 PM ET · Oval Office ·25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss logistical details regarding his movement to the Executive Office Building. Due to the unintelligible nature of the audio recording, the specific operational directives remain unclear. The meeting concluded with the agents exiting the office late in the evening.
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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 8:32 pm and 11:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 449-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 449-22
Date: September 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:32 pm and 11:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[Unintelligible]
The unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 11:27 pm.Also recorded on September 22, 1971
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- 279-001 9:50 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:50 am to 9:55 am.
- 279-002 10:03 AM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:03 am to 10:52 am.
- 009-111 10:53 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
- 279-003 10:53 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
- 279-004 10:53 AM · 8 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 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
- 279-005 10:53 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:14 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 449-022, September 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/449-022 (accessed September 18, 2026).