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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 12:42 PM–12:52 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation490-004 on Tape 490 (tape position 00:32:56–00:35:45)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:42 PMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 12:52 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 490-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with unidentified Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss logistical concerns regarding the President’s location. The participants also referenced the Press Secretary and an individual named Bill during the short exchange. The meeting concluded quickly, leaving the specific operational details largely unintelligible.

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Three.
There he is.

NARA Description

On April 29, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 490-4

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered.

     President's location
           -Press Secretary

     Bill [Unintelligible Surname]
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 12:52 pm.

Also recorded on April 29, 1971

  • 490-002 12:04 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Valerija B. Raulinaitis, Robert E. Hampton, Barbara H. Franklin, Vickie L. Keller, Jayne B. Spain, Sallyanne Payton, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, Tricia Nixon Cox, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:04 pm to 12:42 pm.
  • 490-003 12:42 PM · 22 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:42 pm and 12:52 pm.
  • 490-005 12:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:52 pm.
  • 490-006 12:52 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:52 pm to 12:53 pm.
  • 490-007 12:53 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:53 pm to 1:17 pm.
  • 251-033 1:17 PM · 6 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 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 251-034 1:17 PM · 6 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 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 490-008 1:17 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:17 pm on April 29, 1971 and 7:39 am on May 4, 1971.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 490-004, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/490-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).