Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 483 › Conversation 483-015

United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 1:25 PM–3:04 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation483-015 on Tape 483 (tape position 02:43:17–02:43:54)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 1:25 PMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 3:04 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 483-015 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with unidentified Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to conduct a brief check-in regarding his current well-being. This interaction functioned as a routine status inquiry between the President and his security detail. No significant policy decisions or substantive agenda items were recorded during the exchange.

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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 1:25 pm and 3:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 483-15

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:25 and 3:04 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) met.

     The President's schedule

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 3:04 pm.

Also recorded on April 20, 1971

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  • 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.
  • 483-013 1:12 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:12 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 483-014 1:25 PM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:04 pm.
  • 251-001 1:26 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:38 pm.
  • 251-002 1:26 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 483-015, 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/483-015 (accessed October 3, 2026).