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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 11:20 AM–11:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation483-006 on Tape 483 (tape position 01:32:34–01:33:18)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 11:20 AMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 11:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 483-006 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's movements and security logistics. The brief discussion focused on confirming President Nixon’s location near the Rose Garden. Due to the high level of unintelligible audio, no further substantive decisions or developments were documented before the recording concluded.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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He's in a row car.
Yeah.
Can you just actually give me that here?
Where?

NARA Description

On April 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 11:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 483-6

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:20 am and 11:50 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) met.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 02/07/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[483-006-w001]
[Duration: 43s]

     The President’s location
          Rose garden [?]

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     President's location
           -Rose Garden

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:50 am.

Also recorded on April 20, 1971

  • 483-004 9:46 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 11:15 am.
  • 483-005 11:15 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:20 am.
  • 483-007 11:50 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:15 pm.
  • 483-008 12:15 PM · 54 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:37 pm.
  • 483-009 12:37 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:40 pm.
  • 483-010 12:40 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Marcel A. Naville, Melchoir Borsinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
  • 483-011 1:11 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.
  • 483-012 1:11 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:11 pm.

All 51 conversations from April 20, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 483-006, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-006 (accessed October 3, 2026).