Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 543 › Conversation 543-005
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 5:17 PM–5:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 53 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service personnel utilized the Oval Office to facilitate brief, logistical communication regarding administrative or security documentation. The exchange centers on confirming the presence of a specific name on a document, indicating an internal verification process. The conversation concludes abruptly without further context regarding the document's nature or the specific identities of the participants.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Security procedures
- Document verification
- Administrative logistics
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NARA Description
On July 22, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and 5:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 543-5
Date: July 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:17 pm and 5:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people (Secret Service?) met.
[Telephone rings]
An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 5:17 pm and
5:35 pm.
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
[An unknown person (Secret Service?) talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 5:17 pm and 5:35 pm]
[Conversation No. 543-5A]
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
[End of conversation]
This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 5:35 pm.Also recorded on July 22, 1971
- 543-002 5:05 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:16 pm.
- 006-186 5:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm.
- 543-003 5:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm.
- 543-004 5:16 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:16 pm.
- 066-001 5:18 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Senate leaders, including Peter G. Peterson, Clinton P. Anderson, Wallace F. Bennett, J. Caleb Boggs, Clifford P. Case, Carl T. Curtis, Paul J. Fannin, J. William Fulbright, Robert P. Griffin, Clifford P. Hansen, Roman L. Hruska, Jacob K. Javits, Warren G. ("Maggie") Magnuson, Jack R. Miller, Robert W. Packwood, Charles H. Percy, Abraham A. Ribicoff, Robert A. Best, and Thomas Vail, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm.
- 543-006 5:35 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Melvin R. Laird, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 006-187 5:38 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:38 pm.
- 543-007 6:20 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 543-005, July 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/543-005 (accessed October 9, 2026).