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United States Secret Service agents on Oval Office

Thursday, June 10, 1971 · 6:01 PM–11:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 28 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation516-015 on Tape 516 (tape position 05:59:50–06:00:18)StartThursday, June 10, 1971 at 6:01 PMEndThursday, June 10, 1971 at 11:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 516-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417177839 ↗

A 28-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On June 10, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:01 pm and 11:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 516-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 516-15

Date: June 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:01 pm and 11:00 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 01/28/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[516-015-w001]
[Duration: 28s]

     Unknown person’s joke

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The unknown people [Secret Service?] left at an unknown time before 11:00 pm

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Okay, I think the first one I'm pulling on is this one.
It's a jail shot.
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  • 005-005 4:22 PM · 6 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm.
  • 005-006 4:22 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 6:02 pm.
  • 516-011 4:25 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., Peter M. Flanigan, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:25 pm to 5:18 pm.
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Conversation 516-015, June 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417177839). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/516-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).