Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 456 › Conversation 456-023

United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Tuesday, February 23, 1971 · 6:18 PM–6:40 PM ET · Oval Office ·18 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation456-023 onTape 456 (tape position 05:25:10–05:25:45)StartTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 6:18 PMEndTuesday, February 23, 1971 at 6:40 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 456-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to briefly discuss his daily schedule. The conversation was limited in scope, as the recording system cut off shortly after the President invited the agents to sit down. No significant policy decisions or major developments were captured during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On February 23, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:18 pm and 6:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 456-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 456-23

Date: February 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:18 pm and 6:40 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service?] met

     The President’s schedule

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 6:40 pm

Also recorded on February 23, 1971

  • 456-016 3:00 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:05 pm.
  • 456-017 3:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:05 pm to 3:08 pm.
  • 456-018 3:08 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 456-019 3:08 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:22 pm.
  • 456-020 3:22 PM · 16 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:22 pm and 4:06 pm.
  • 456-021 4:08 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:09 pm.
  • 456-022 4:12 PM · 1 hr 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Harry S. Dent, Robert H. Finch, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:12 pm to 6:18 pm.
  • 456-024 6:42 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:42 pm to 7:18 pm.

All 27 conversations from February 23, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 456-023, February 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/456-023 (accessed September 18, 2026).