Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 483 › Conversation 483-023

United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security

Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 6:44 PM–7:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 18 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation483-023 on Tape 483 (tape position 05:05:52–05:06:16)StartTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 6:44 PMEndTuesday, April 20, 1971 at 7:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 483-023 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176661 ↗

An 18-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On April 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-023 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 483-23

Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:44 pm and 7:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) met.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/05/2020. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[483-023-w001]
[Duration: 18s]

       The President’s location

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 7:00 pm.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 483-022 6:22 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:44 pm.
  • 002-015 6:44 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:44 pm and 7:30 pm.
  • 002-016 7:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:30 pm to 7:33 pm.
  • 002-017 7:33 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:33 pm and 7:34 pm.
  • 002-018 7:34 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:34 pm.
  • 002-019 7:40 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:40 pm to 7:43 pm.
  • 002-020 7:43 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:43 pm and 7:45 pm.
  • 002-021 7:45 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:45 pm to 7:57 pm.

Conversation 483-023, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176661). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-023 (accessed November 2, 2026).