Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 491 › Conversation 491-008

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office protocol

Wednesday, April 28, 1971 · 12:16 PM–12:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation491-008 on Tape 491 (tape position 00:58:49–00:59:36)StartWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndWednesday, April 28, 1971 at 12:35 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 491-008 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents entered the Oval Office for a brief meeting with the President. The discussion was limited to routine environmental concerns, specifically the current weather conditions, before the agents departed. No policy decisions or substantive administrative actions were recorded during this brief interaction.

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NARA Description

On April 28, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 491-8

Date: April 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people (Secret Service Agents) entered.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/19/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[491-008-w001]
[Duration: 9s]
       Weather
                -Rain

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The unknown people left.

Also recorded on April 28, 1971

  • 491-002 11:37 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 11:42 am.
  • 491-003 11:42 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, James E. Johnson, James D. ("Don") Hughes, John H. Chafee, Frederic V. Malek, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:59 am.
  • 491-004 11:59 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
  • 491-005 12:00 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 491-006 12:16 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 491-007 12:16 PM · 17 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm.
  • 491-009 12:37 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ann Coffin, and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:39 pm.
  • 491-010 12:39 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerhardt Schroeder, Henry A. Kissinger, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 1:06 pm.

All 31 conversations from April 28, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 491-008, April 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).