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United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Tuesday, June 8, 1971 · 1:38 PM–2:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation514-022 on Tape 514 (tape position 03:10:03–03:11:51)StartTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 1:38 PMEndTuesday, June 8, 1971 at 2:57 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 514-022 ↗

United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office with the President for a brief meeting regarding his movement to the Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily involved logistics and security coordination for the President's transition between locations. The recording concludes as the agents successfully facilitate the President's departure from the office.

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Are you OK?
Yes.
Come on.
It's all right.
We'll get it over with.
Come on.
Thank you.

On June 8, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 514-022 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 514-22

Date: June 8, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:38 pm and 2:57 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
cleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and
was reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2019.]
[Federal Statute]
[514-022-w001]
[Duration: 1m 32s]

     The President’s location
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

[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 2:57 pm
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  • 514-012 12:18 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:21 pm.
  • 514-013 12:21 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:21 pm to 1:38 pm.
  • 004-072 1:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
  • 004-073 1:46 PM · 19 min — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Jeffrey Donfeld talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 004-074 1:46 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 514-014 2:57 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:03 pm.
  • 514-015 3:03 PM · 1 hr 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julian Goodman, Walter D. Scott, David Adams, Thomas E. Ervin, Reuven Frank, Donald Durgin, Herbert G. Klein, Charles W. Colson, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 4:34 pm.

Conversation 514-022, June 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/514-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).