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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Monday, April 19, 1971 · 6:32 PM–9:24 PM ET · Oval Office · 47 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation482-028 on Tape 482 (tape position 04:37:07–04:37:53)StartMonday, April 19, 1971 at 6:32 PMEndMonday, April 19, 1971 at 9:24 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 482-028 ↗

Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistical arrangements for the President’s upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on security and movement protocols related to the President's transit between the Executive Office Building and a scheduled appearance at the Daughters of the American Revolution event. These logistical preparations reflect the operational security oversight required for managing presidential public engagements.

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Excuse me.
No, I don't think so.
He's on the GAR side.
I wish you were.
I wish you were.
I wish I was seeing you stand outside the EOB as we go to the GAR.
I wish I was in the GAR side of the program.

On April 19, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:32 pm and 9:24 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 482-028 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 482-28

Date: April 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:32 pm and 9:24 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered.

     President's schedule
           -Executive Office Building [EOB]
           -Daughters of the American Revolution [DAR]

The conversation with cut off at an unknown time before 9:24 pm.
  • 482-023 4:54 PM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:54 pm.
  • 054-001 5:05 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the executive council of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades, including Charles D. Aquandro, Frank A. Bonadio, Harold J. Buoy, Edward F. Carlough, Peter Fosco, Robert A. Georgine, Maurice A. Hutcheson, Albert E. Hutchinson, John H. ("Jack") Lyons, Thomas F. Murphy, William Peitler, Charles H. Pillard, Joseph T. Power, S. Frank Raftery, Joseph P. Ricciarelli, Peter T. Shoeman, Louis Sherman, Hunter P. Wharton, Richard W. Williams, James D. Hodgson, Willie J. Usery, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, the White House photographers, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:05 pm to 6:03 pm.
  • 482-025 6:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:09 pm to 6:11 pm.
  • 482-026 6:12 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:12 pm.
  • 482-027 6:12 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:12 pm to 6:32 pm.
  • 002-003 6:32 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:32 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 002-004 6:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 6:50 pm to 6:56 pm.
  • 002-005 6:56 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 7:24 pm.

Conversation 482-028, April 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/482-028 (accessed October 3, 2026).