Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 450 › Conversation 450-013

United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Tuesday, February 16, 1971 · 11:04 AM–11:24 AM ET · Oval Office · 45 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation450-013 on Tape 450 (tape position 01:48:13–01:48:57)StartTuesday, February 16, 1971 at 11:04 AMEndTuesday, February 16, 1971 at 11:24 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 450-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175869 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss matters related to his personal security and protective details. The brief engagement served as a routine coordination session between the President and his security detail. No specific policy decisions or significant operational changes were recorded during this session.

Audio

Download MP3 · 1.7 MB

NARA Description

On February 16, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 450-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 450-13

Date: February 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:04 am and 11:24 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service] met

     The President’s location

The unknown people [Secret Service] left at an unknown time before 11:24 am

Transcript (AI-generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Names and numbers are often wrong; speakers are not identified. Do not cite it as authoritative — verify against the audio and the finding aid.

Download transcript (.txt) · JSON data

Click a timestamp to play from that point; the page address then links to that moment (e.g. #t=125).

Thank you.

Also recorded on February 16, 1971

  • 450-009 10:10 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:28 am.
  • 450-010 10:28 AM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:28 am to 10:49 am.
  • 450-011 10:49 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:49 am to 11:03 am.
  • 450-012 11:03 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:04 am.
  • 450-014 11:24 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 12:12 pm.
  • 450-015 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:13 pm.
  • 450-016 12:12 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:13 pm.
  • 450-017 12:13 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:16 pm.

All 20 conversations from February 16, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 450-013, February 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175869). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/450-013 (accessed November 2, 2026).