Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 486 › Conversation 486-004
United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security
Thursday, April 22, 1971 · 1:43 PM–2:38 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with United States Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to coordinate his transit to the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange confirms the President's readiness to depart for his scheduled location. This interaction highlights the standard security protocols and logistical preparations required for the President's movement between White House facilities.
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NARA Description
On April 22, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 486-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 486-4
Date: April 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 2:38 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered
The President's location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 2:38 pmAlso recorded on April 22, 1971
- 486-001 9:41 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Robert J. Dole, Anne L. Armstrong, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:41 am to 10:41 am.
- 486-002 10:41 AM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, John W. Byrnes, Elliot L. Richardson, Clark MacGregor, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., John R. Price, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, Fred Maroon, and Stan Wayman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:41 am to 12:01 pm.
- 486-003 12:01 PM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 1:43 pm.
- 486-005 2:40 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Ronald L. Ziegler, William P. Rogers, Fred Maroon, and Stan Wayman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:40 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 486-006 3:35 PM · 4 min — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:41 pm.
- 486-007 3:41 PM · 54 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:41 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 486-008 4:35 PM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:52 pm.
- 055-002 5:11 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican congressmen, including Daniel H. Kuykendall, Samuel L. Devine, Elford A. Cederberg, Robert H. Michel, Glenn R. Davis, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Barber B. Conable, Jr., John H. Kyl, John E. Hunt, John H. Buchanan, Jr., William A. Steiger, Burt L. Talcott, Charles E. Wiggins, Louis C. Wyman, John T. Myers, Benjamin B. Blackburn, III, Hamilton Fish, Jr., William L. Dickinson, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, John D. Ehrlichman, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:11 pm and 6:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 486-004, April 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/486-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).