Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 490 › Conversation 490-008

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 1:17 PM–7:39 AM ET · Oval Office ·1 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation490-008 onTape 490 (tape position 01:00:50–01:07:08)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 1:17 PMEndTuesday, May 4, 1971 at 7:39 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 490-008 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents entered the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and internal access protocols. The discussion focused primarily on managing door security and the President's transit between the Oval Office and the Executive Office Building. The exchange ended abruptly before further operational directives were issued.

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Thank you.
Thank you.
Hey, when you finish, you're gonna get that door back.

NARA Description

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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 490-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 490-8

Date: Unknown between April 29 and May 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:17 pm, April 29 and 7:39 am, May 4, 1971
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered.

     Call to unknown person

     President's location
           -Executive Office Building [EOB]

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 7:39 am, May 4, 1971.

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.
  • 490-004 12:42 PM · 1 min — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 490-008, 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/490-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).