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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and personnel management

Monday, May 10, 1971 · 8:00 AM–12:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation496-004 on Tape 496 (tape position 00:18:56–00:22:22)StartMonday, May 10, 1971 at 8:00 AMEndMonday, May 10, 1971 at 12:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 496-004 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service personnel engaged in an informal discussion regarding logistics, scheduling, and site-specific operational protocols. The conversation covered personnel movements, parking arrangements at the Ellipse, and coordination for upcoming work assignments. No significant policy decisions were recorded, as the dialogue focused primarily on administrative and procedural workflow between agents.

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Uh, is an agent there?
Yes, please.
Have an agent's liquor store?
Are you covering that place out there?
Okay.
Do you know of her?
No.
Down the road downstairs?
No, I wouldn't.
I just want to know, uh, what you're taking off next week, everybody?
Everything.
Oh, no, I won't.
He will be available to move you on Thursday, et cetera.
I said he will be.
He will be available to have you move him on Thursday, et cetera.
Yeah.
Unless you do it when you have your work money.
I mean, I call him up and...
He thinks he's gonna land that thing on the ground, doesn't he?
To the ellipse, Jack.
To the ellipse.
They are out of here.
You're a big dummy.
Why can't you park here?
You can park, but you can't lay it out there.
Okay, look, I'll catch you when you're better than this.
Yeah, I'll catch you too.
Seriously, I don't know.
Right now.
Well, I don't know.
Yeah, I know.
Well, that's what I wanted to try to do.
What do you go to then?
412?
Huh?
Yeah.
Then 412.
And you said no.
I said, after you're done off, you go to 412.
Is that right?
Right.
Bloody hell, I'm talking to y'all next week.
We've been on dates for two weeks in a row, Jack.
I'm trying to figure this out.
I don't know about next week.
I don't know about next week, Jack.
I'm ready.
He said he'd work on it until next Thursday of next week.
Mom, what kind of old age was it all this time?
I can't remember.
I got it.
Close it.
Take it away.
They're probably going to kill each other over here.
And you told them to come here.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 496-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 496-004

Date: May 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:00 am and 12:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/17/2019. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[496-004-w001]
[Duration: 3m 2s]

     Unknown person’s schedule

     Parking

     Unknown person’s schedule

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The unknown man [Secret Service agent] left at an unknown time before 12:46 pm.

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

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  • 496-007 12:48 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:48 pm and 12:57 pm.
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  • 496-009 12:57 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:57 pm to 1:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 496-004, May 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/496-004 (accessed October 3, 2026).