Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 543 › Conversation 543-009

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Thursday, July 22, 1971 · 6:46 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation543-009 on Tape 543 (tape position 02:20:33–02:21:57)StartThursday, July 22, 1971 at 6:46 PMEndThursday, July 22, 1971 at 6:46 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 543-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with unidentified Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss logistics regarding his current location and travel security. The brief exchange served as a routine coordination check before the recording was abruptly terminated. No significant policy decisions were reached during this short interaction.

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Ja, fyrir med.
Good.
Have a safe morning, brother.

NARA Description

On July 22, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 6:46 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 543-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 543-9

Date: July 22, 1971
Time: 6:46 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men (Secret Service?) met.

     The President's location

This recording was cut off at 6:46 pm.

Also recorded on July 22, 1971

  • 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.
  • 543-008 6:25 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:25 pm to 6:46 pm.
  • 006-188 6:46 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:46 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • 006-189 7:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert J. Dole talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 006-190 7:45 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 006-191 7:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:52 pm.
  • 006-192 7:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 543-009, 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/543-009 (accessed October 9, 2026).