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

Friday, June 4, 1971 · 1:42 PM–3:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 40 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation512-019 on Tape 512 (tape position 03:47:55–03:48:56)StartFriday, June 4, 1971 at 1:42 PMEndFriday, June 4, 1971 at 3:10 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 512-019 ↗

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss security-related protocols. The brief interaction, largely characterized by ambient room noise and muffled discourse, centered on the necessity of confirming specific protective measures or security arrangements. No substantial policy decisions or actionable items were clearly recorded beyond the brief acknowledgment of a need for certainty regarding these protocols.

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I have to be sure of that.

On June 4, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:42 pm and 3:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 512-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 512-19

Date: June 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:42 pm and 3:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service?] met

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 01/12/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[512-019-w001]
[Duration: 40s]

[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 3:10 pm
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  • 255-001 1:42 PM · 59 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 1:42 pm and 3:24 pm.
  • 004-030 2:24 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:33 pm.
  • 255-002 2:24 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:33 pm.
  • 255-003 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:33 pm.
  • 004-031 2:33 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:34 pm.
  • 255-043 2:33 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:33 pm to 2:34 pm.

Conversation 512-019, June 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/512-019 (accessed September 27, 2026).