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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Wednesday, March 24, 1971 · 11:58 AM–12:10 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation471-022 on Tape 471 (tape position 02:44:20–02:52:12)StartWednesday, March 24, 1971 at 11:58 AMEndWednesday, March 24, 1971 at 12:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 471-022 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss security-related matters. The fragmented exchange involved logistics concerning a home office and references to an unidentified individual referred to as 'Dad.' Due to the poor audio quality of the recording, no substantive policy decisions or actionable directives could be determined.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:45:39Yes, Agent Burns here, President Chisholm.
2:45:54Interim DOD.
2:45:56Yeah, President Chisholm.
2:45:59Right.
2:46:01Right.
2:46:09I just left his home office.
2:46:10Dad?
2:46:10Okay.
2:46:11We'll start it off.
2:46:19Hi, Dad.
2:46:22Hey, what's going on?
2:46:24Can you read that?
2:46:28Even in the web?
2:46:29No?

NARA Description

On March 24, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 12:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 471-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 471-22

Date: March 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:58 am and 12:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents?] met

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown men [Secret Service agents?] left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm

Also recorded on March 24, 1971

  • 471-016 11:44 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Harvey Firestone, Emmett O'Donnell, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:44 am to 11:50 am.
  • 471-017 11:50 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 11:51 am.
  • 471-018 11:51 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Craig S. Campbell, Charles R. Larson, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:51 am to 11:54 am.
  • 471-019 11:54 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 471-020 11:54 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 471-021 11:54 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Gerald R. Ford met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 471-023 12:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:10 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 471-024 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:12 pm.

All 22 conversations from March 24, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 471-022, March 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/471-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).