Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 489 › Conversation 489-034
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Monday, April 26, 1971 · 8:30 PM–8:51 PM ET · Oval Office · 24 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and escort procedures for the President, who was located at the White House bowling alley. The brief discussion centered on movement preparations and operational readiness for the President's transition between locations. The agents successfully coordinated their departure to secure the President's next movement.
- Secret Service
- Presidential security
- logistics
- White House operations
- protective detail
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Let's go, Frank.
All right.
NARA Description
On April 26, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 489-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 489-34
Date: April 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people (Secret Service agents) met.
President's location
-Bowling alley
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:11 pm.
Conversation No. 489-35/491-1
Date: April 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:28 am and 11:03 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Rose Mary Woods.
Memoranda
-Number
-Tape
-John D. Ehrlichman and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Copies
Frederick Stone
-Louis Stone [?]
-Letter
-Louis Stone (sp?)
-Family
Woods schedule
-The President’s schedule
-California
-Kentucky Derby
Haldeman entered at 9:30 am.
-Timing
Memoranda
-Ehrlichman
Woods schedule
-President's schedule
-California
-Kentucky Derby
-Jack Whitney
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:28 am.
President's schedule
-Henry A. Kissinger
Bull left at an unknown time before 9:30 am.
Woods schedule
-Kentucky Derby
-President's schedule
Kentucky Derby
-President's 1969 visit
-Ehrlichman and Secret Service
-Departure
-Woods schedule
-Roses
Woods left at 9:31 am.
President's schedule
-Possible meeting with Gerhardt Schroeder
-Kissinger Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Dr. Rainer Barzel
-Kissinger’s view
-April 29, 1971
-Civil Service Commission
-Jayne B. Spain
-Scheduling
-Forthcoming press conference
-Spain's appointment
-Significance
Unknown black admiral
-Press story
-Leonard Garment
-President's schedule
-James E. Johnson
-Appointment
-Press story
-Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
-Johnson
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
Press story
-Baltimore Sun-Times
-[Forename unknown (sp?)] Sinnelli
Kissinger entered at 9:34 am.
Stock market
-Volume
-Dow-Jones average
Kissinger's schedule
Forthcoming press conference
-Preparation
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Questions
-Format
-Talking points
-President’s view
-Answers to questions
-Preparation Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Questions
-Buchanan, John A. Scali, and Ronald L. Ziegler
-Briefing book
-Possible questions and responses
-Scali
-Input
-Richard A. Moore and William L. Safire
-Format
People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Message from Chou En-lai
-Agha Hilaly
Vietnam
-Military activity
-Casualties
-Press reports
-Numbers
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
Youth conference
-Clark MacGregor
-Recommendations
-Homosexuality
-Consenting adults
-The President’s view
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Report
-Stephen Hess
-Cabinet meeting, April 27, 1971
-Alexander P. Butterfield
-Role
Cabinet
-Meetings
-Hess Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Richardson
-Youth conference
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
Gays
-Allen Ginsberg's call to Kissinger
-The President’s position
-Problem
-Boy scout leaders
-Young Men’s Christian Association [YMCA] leaders
-Teachers
-Societies
-[Unintelligible name]
-Oscar Wilde
-[Unintelligible name]
-Nero
-Vitality
-Romans
-Greeks
-Legislation
-The President’s view
-Discretion
-Ginsberg's call to Kissinger
-Gay liberation
-Ginsberg
-Public policy
-Issue
Youth and Society
-Drinking
-18-year olds
-President’s view
-Swearing
-Girls
-Men
-Drinking and swearing Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Masculinity
-Swearing
-Girls
-Femininity
-Dirty stories
-Jewish religion
-Old Testament
-Drinking
-Prostitution
-Legalization
-Barriers
-Girls
-Love
-Morality
-The President’s view
-Beliefs and disbeliefs
-Homosexuality
-Marijuana
-Drinking
-Prostitution
-Decadence
-Communist societies
-Personal morals
-Ethics
PRC
-Letter from Chou En-lai
-Secrecy
Kissinger left at 9:54 am.
Memoranda
-Ehrlichman
-Haldeman
-Woods
-Cancer policy
-Ehrlichman
-White House staff
-President's conversation with Elmer H. Bobst
-John B. Connally's speech to Chamber of Commerce, April 27, 1971
Cabinet
-Clifford M. Hardin Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-John N. Mitchell
-Effectiveness
-Public relations efforts
-The President’s policies
-Harold L. Ickes
-Effectiveness
-Republicans
-Connally's speech to Chamber of Commerce
Kissinger entered at 9:55 am.
-Reception
-Support for the President
-Ickes
-Dean G. Acheson
-Harry S Truman
-Dean Rusk
-John Foster Dulles
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Connally
-Maurice H. Stans
-Hardin
-James D. Hodgson
-Optimistic outlook
-Herbert L. Block
-Connally
-Administration strategy
Cancer program
-National Institutes of Health [NIH]
-Bobst’s view
-Funding
-Accomplishments
-Bureaucracy
-Dr. Edward E. David, Jr.
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-President's State of the Union address
-Funding
-Credit
-Public relations
-President's name
-Rogers C.B. Morton Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Slogans
-Safire
-Peace Corps
-John F. Kennedy
-William D. Blair, Jr.
-"Open skies"
-Eisenhower
-Administration programs
-Medicare
-Health
-Richardson
-Heart program
-Edward M. (“Ted”) Kennedy
-NIH
-Memorandum
-Cole
-George P. Shultz
-Ehrlichman
-Funding
-Dr. Henry S. Kaplan
-Stanford University
-Background
-Research
-Bobst’s view
-Bobst's views
-Agency
-Purpose
-Cure
-Public relations efforts
-Administration objectives
-NIH
-The President’s position
-Salaries
-Research
-Mice
-Credit
-Public relation efforts
Administration programs
-Nixon legacy
-Nixon Doctrine
-Foreign policy Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-White House staff
-Public relations
-Need for slogans
-Speechwriters
-Safire
-Public relations efforts
-Ehrlichman and Shultz
-Cancer initiative
-Special funds
-Space program
-Atomic energy
-March of Dimes
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Polio
-White House staff
-Cabinet officers
-Spokesmen
-Need for public relations
-White House staff
-John A. Scali
-Cole
-Ehrlichman
-John C. Whitaker
-Excitement
Memorandum
-National Center for Voluntary Action leadership
-Edwin D. Etherington
-Unknown man
-Staff
-Professionals
-Left-wing Democrats
-Backgrounds
-President's reception for April 27, 1971
-Unknown California man
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-President's meeting, April 27, 1971
-Etherington
-George L. Grassmuck
-Robert H. Finch
-Location
-President's reception Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Attendees
-Jaycees
-Boys Club
-Farmer
-Etherington
-The President’s view
-Plans
-East
-Charts
Kissinger's schedule
-California
White House staff
-Need for public relations efforts
-Abilities
-Congress
Cabinet officers
-Meetings
-Public relations efforts
-Reflection of President
-Richardson
-Report on Youth conference
Youth Conference
-Report
-The President’s view
-Hess
-Cabinet meeting
-Previous attendance
-Reasoning
-Ehrlichman
-Cabinet meeting
Cabinet
-Youth Conference
-Richardson
-Hodgson
-Jobs
-Hess
-Possible letter Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
Youth Conference
-Dialogue
-Kissinger’s view
-Richardson
-Administration's position
-Youth
-[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II's views
-Ivy League
-Richardson’s view
-Haldeman’s view
Foreign relations
-PRC initiative
Press conference
-Briefing
-Buchanan
-Leadership
Cabinet
-Press
-Administration counterattacks
-Connally
-Robert J. Dole
-Role
-Richardson
-Hodgson
-Stans
-William P. Rogers and Melvin R. Laird
-Rogers’ press conference, April 23, 1971
-Southeast Asia
-The President’s policy
-Vietnam
-Possible US military activity
-US options
-Television
Gen. George A. Lincoln
-Tenure
-Reassignment
-Kissinger’s role Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-Ehrlichman's view
-Ambassadorial appointment
-Spain
-Latin America
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]
-Robert F. Ellsworth
-Andrew J. Goodpaster
Office of Emergency Preparedness
-Director
-General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr.
-Maj. Gen. Earl E. Anderson
-Politics
Vietnam
-Democrats
-Henry A. (Scoop”) Jackson
-J. William Fulbright
Cabinet
-Effectiveness
-Hardin
-Bryce N. Harlow's views
-Farm organizations
-Accomplishments
-Farm bill
-Replacement
-Farm Belt
-Foreign policy
-Domestic scene
-Stans
-Mitchell
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[489-035-w007]
[Duration: 44s]
Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
Cabinet
-Domestic scene
-John N. Mitchell
-Campaign
-Timeline of departure
-Maurice H. Stans
-Timeline of departure
-Republican National Committee [RNC] finance
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Cabinet
-Commerce Department
-Peter G. Peterson
-Role
-Charles H. Percy
-Possible activities
-Benefits
-Camp David
-Gifts
-Trips abroad
-Stans
-Remarks
-Athens
-Peterson
-Connally
-Qualifications
-Peterson
-Loyalty
-Publicity for the President
-Opportunists
-Walter J. Hickel
-Color
-Dismissal
-John A. Volpe
-Tenure
-Donald H. Rumsfeld
-Peterson
-Possible role
-Connally
-Commerce Department Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
Ambassadorial appointment for Volpe
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[National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-
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Volpe’s possible activities
-Public relations
-Compared with Clara Booth Luce
-Publicity
-Congressional opposition
-Argentina
Ambassadorships
-Congress
-Luce
-Lewis L. Strauss
Cabinet
-Connally
-Congressional opposition
-Hardin
-Replacement
-Harlow
-Purdue University
-Cattleman Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
Office of Emergency Preparedness
-Lincoln
-Tenure
-Replacement
-Director
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Administration spokesman
-Lincoln
-Chapman
-Mrs. Chapman
-[David] Kenneth Rush
-Political ability
-Public relations abiltiy
-Speeches
-Lincoln
-Price denial
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Rush
-Berlin negotiations
-Possible US position
-Timing
-Cabinet
Cabinet
-Rumsfeld
-Volpe
-Rumsfeld
-Trade negotiations
People's Republic of China [PRC] initiative
-The President’s previous letter to Chou En-lai
-Mohammad Yahya Khan
-United Nations [UN]
-Negotiations
-The Chinese response to the President’s letter
-Mao Tse-tung and Lin Piao
-Chou En-lai
-Pakistan
-Possible visit
-Chou En-lai’s comments
-State Department’s knowledge Conv. No. 489-35/491-1 (cont.)
-The Chinese response to the President
-Text
-Negotiations
-PRC position
-Taiwan
-The President’s latest letter to Chou En-lai
-Direct negotiations
-US position
-Taiwan
-Yahya Khan
-Direct negotiations
-Topics
-Taiwan
-US position
-Southeast Asia
-US proposal
-Meeting
-Attendees
-Agenda
-Timing
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:03 am.Also recorded on April 27, 1971
- 489-025 8:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-026 8:30 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-027 8:30 PM · 44 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-028 8:30 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-029 8:30 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Betty Graham met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-030 8:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-031 8:30 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 489-032 8:30 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 489-034, April 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/489-034 (accessed October 12, 2026).