United States Secret Service agents met with the President in the Oval Office to discuss security-related matters. The conversation was heavily redacted due to federal statutes regarding sensitive security information and personal privacy. Consequently, no substantive record of the specific directives or developments remains available for historical review.
On July 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:35 am and 7:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 540-2 Date: July 20, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:35 am and 7:53 am Location: Oval Office Unknown men (Secret Service agents) entered.. ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 01/21/2020. Segment will remain closed.] [Federal Statute] [540-002-w001] [Duration: 3m 18s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 01/21/2020. Segment will remain closed.] [Federal Statute] [540-002-w002] [Duration: 26s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 ****************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Previous PRMPA Federal Statute (A) withdrawal reviewed 01/21/2020. Segment will remain closed.] [Federal Statute] [540-002-w003] [Duration: 55s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 7:53 am.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.