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United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service

Thursday, July 29, 1971 · 1:48 PM–1:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 56 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation551-012 on Tape 551 (tape position 05:04:35–05:05:30)StartThursday, July 29, 1971 at 1:48 PMEndThursday, July 29, 1971 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 551-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178699 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents briefly gathered in the Oval Office for a routine administrative or logistical exchange. The dialogue consists entirely of non-substantive acknowledgments and professional courtesies. No specific policy decisions, security intelligence, or actionable instructions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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NARA Description

On July 29, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 551-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 551-012

Conversation No. 551-012

Date: July 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 1:50 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men (Secret Service) entered.

     The President's location
          -Executive Office Building [EOB]

This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 1:50 pm.

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Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you.

Also recorded on July 29, 1971

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  • 007-026 1:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 6:32 pm.
  • 266-007 1:50 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:45 pm.
  • 267-001 1:50 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 1:50 pm on July 29, 1971 and 9:08 am on July 30, 1971.
  • 266-008 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-009 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-010 2:45 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 266-011 2:45 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 2:45 pm and 5:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 551-012, July 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178699). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/551-012 (accessed November 2, 2026).