Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 485 › Conversation 485-005

United States Secret Service agents on Oval Office and Presidential Security

Wednesday, April 21, 1971 · 6:13 PM–6:37 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation485-005 on Tape 485 (tape position 02:31:32–02:32:01)StartWednesday, April 21, 1971 at 6:13 PMEndWednesday, April 21, 1971 at 6:37 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 485-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417176669 ↗

A 3-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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NARA Description

On April 21, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:13 pm and 6:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 485-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 485-5

Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:13 pm and 6:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered

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[Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 05/23/2019
with new guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[485-005-w001]
[Duration: 4s]

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
cleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and
was reviewed under deed of gift 05/23/2019.]
[Federal Statute]
[485-005-w002]
[Duration: 11s]

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 6:37 pm

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Also recorded on April 21, 1971

  • 252-008 3:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 3:08 pm.
  • 485-001 3:08 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:14 pm.
  • 485-002 3:14 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Paul W. McCracken, Peter M. Flanigan, John C. Whitaker, and William E. Kriegsman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:14 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 485-003 3:51 PM · 22 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 485-004 4:18 PM · 1 hr 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, William B. Saxbe, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 6:13 pm.
  • 002-024 4:38 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 002-025 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William B. Saxbe talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:02 pm.
  • 002-026 7:47 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone from 7:47 pm to 7:54 pm.

All 41 conversations from April 21, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 485-005, April 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417176669). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/485-005 (accessed November 2, 2026).