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United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Tuesday, March 16, 1971 · 10:31 AM–11:00 AM ET · Oval Office · 22 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation468-008 on Tape 468 (tape position 01:10:47–01:11:10)StartTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 10:31 AMEndTuesday, March 16, 1971 at 11:00 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 468-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176191 ↗

A 22-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On March 16, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:31 am and 11:00 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 468-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 468-8

Date: March 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:31 am and 11:00 am
Location: Oval Office

Secret Service agents met

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 2/12/2020. Segment will remain
closed.]
[Federal Statute]
[468-008-w001]
[Duration: 22s]

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The agents left at an unknown time before 11:00 am

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  • 468-004 9:05 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:30 am.
  • 468-005 9:30 AM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 9:50 am.
  • 468-006 9:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:56 am to 9:59 am.
  • 468-007 10:02 AM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:31 am.
  • 468-009 11:00 AM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John M. ("Jack") Lynch, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:00 am to 12:20 pm.

All 21 conversations from March 16, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 468-008, March 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176191). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/468-008 (accessed October 31, 2026).