Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 471 › Conversation 471-025

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office

Wednesday, March 24, 1971 · 12:12 PM–8:30 AM ET · Oval Office · 58 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation471-025 on Tape 471 (tape position 02:53:45–02:54:43)StartWednesday, March 24, 1971 at 12:12 PMEndThursday, March 25, 1971 at 8:30 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 471-025 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service personnel and unidentified individuals gathered in the Oval Office for an informal exchange that appears to involve personal communication. During the brief interaction, one participant initiates a phone call to a family member, requesting assistance with reading specific information. No substantive policy discussions or presidential actions are captured in the audio recording.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yes, .
Yeah, .
Right.
Right.
All right, uh, I'd just like to call the office, uh... Dad?
Okay.
We'll start it off.
Hi, Dad.
Hey, what's going on?
Can you read that?
Even in the web?
No?

NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:12 pm on March 24, 1971 and 8:30 am on March 25, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 471-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 471-25

Date: Unknown between March 24 and March 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:12 pm, March 24 and 8:30 am, March 25, 1971
Location: Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agent?] entered

     President’s location

Unknown people entered at an unknown time after 12:12 pm

     President’s location

Recording was cut off at an unknown time before 8:30 am, March 25, 1971

Also recorded on March 24, 1971

  • 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.
  • 471-022 11:58 AM · 8 min — 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.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 471-025, 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/471-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).