Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 498 › Conversation 498-019

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 12:20 PM–12:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation498-019 on Tape 498 (tape position 02:48:42–02:49:14)StartThursday, May 13, 1971 at 12:20 PMEndThursday, May 13, 1971 at 12:50 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 498-019 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding his movements to the Cabinet Room. The brief exchange reflects routine security operational discussions between the protective detail and the President. No major policy decisions or significant events occurred during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On May 13, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 498-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 498-019
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:50 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
Presidents location
-Cabinet Room
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknwn time before 12:50 pm.

Also recorded on May 13, 1971

  • 498-005 10:32 AM · 1 hr 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Steven Baker, Richard J. Daley, George P. Shultz, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:32 am to 12:20 pm.
  • 057-001 12:22 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and the Citizens' Committee for Government Reorganization, including James M. Roche, Terry Sanford, Dewey F. Bartlett, John E. Robson, Walter N. Thayer, James Finch, Murray Comarow, Francis A. Coy, Betty Furness, Ben W. Heineman, J. Erik Jonsson, Franklin A. Lindsay, Leonard H. Marks, Newton Minow, Gen. Lauris Norstad, Richard M. Paget, Jack S. Parker, James J. Reynolds, Allen P. Stults, Andrew J. Young, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 12:22 pm to 12:50 pm.
  • 057-002 12:50 PM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 4:31 pm.
  • 498-006 12:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 498-007 12:50 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:00 pm.
  • 498-008 1:00 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:25 pm.
  • 498-009 1:25 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter Trohan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 498-010 1:25 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 498-019, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/498-019 (accessed September 28, 2026).