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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office

Tuesday, July 27, 1971 · 4:37 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office ·33 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation548-012 onTape 548 (tape position 02:16:01–02:16:33)StartTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 4:37 PMEndTuesday, July 27, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 548-012 ↗

AI Summary

United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office to discuss unspecified operational matters. The recording consists entirely of unintelligible audio, preventing a determination of specific topics or actionable decisions. The session was abruptly terminated shortly after it began, leaving no substantive record for historical analysis.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Du går i fangst.
Du går i fangst.
Du går i fangst.
Du går i fangst.
Du går i fangst.

NARA Description

On July 27, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:37 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 548-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 548-12

Date: July 27, 1971
Time: Unknown after 4:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men (Secret Service) met.

     [Unintelligible]

This recording was cut off at an unknown time after 4:37 pm.

Also recorded on July 27, 1971

  • 548-004 3:06 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Edward B. ("Pete") Biester, Jr., James E. Wood, Joseph D. Ceader, Alton B. Chamberlain, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:06 pm to 3:10 pm.
  • 548-005 3:10 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:10 pm.
  • 548-006 3:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Mrs. Durward G. ("Doc") Hall, Melanie Ellison, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:10 pm to 3:16 pm.
  • 548-007 3:17 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William J. ("Jack") Edwards, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:17 pm to 3:23 pm.
  • 548-008 3:23 PM · 3 min — John G. Tower, Guy D. Newman, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:23 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 548-009 3:26 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Paul Calley, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:26 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 548-010 3:31 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Otto E. Passman, William E. Timmons, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:31 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 548-011 3:49 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, White House photographer, William M. Magruder, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:49 pm to 4:37 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 548-012, July 27, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/548-012 (accessed September 18, 2026).