Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 540 › Conversation 540-012
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Tuesday, July 20, 1971 · 1:29 PM–1:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and provide a brief status update on the President's schedule and location. The discussion remained brief and primarily functional, concerning the movement of the President and personnel positioning. The recording concludes abruptly while agents are organizing their next steps regarding security protocols.
- Secret Service
- Presidential schedule
- White House logistics
- Security detail
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 1:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 540-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 540-12
Date: July 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:29 pm and 1:31 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men (Secret Service) entered.
[General conversation]
The President
-Schedule
-Location
[Pause]
[Unintelligible]
This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 1:31 pm.Also recorded on July 20, 1971
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- 540-011 1:26 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:26 pm to 1:29 pm.
- 263-001 1:31 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:31 pm and 1:58 pm.
- 263-002 1:58 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 263-003 1:58 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 263-004 1:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 263-005 3:10 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 263-006 3:35 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:41 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 540-012, July 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/540-012 (accessed October 11, 2026).