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United States Secret Service agents on Executive Office Building

Monday, August 2, 1971 · 2:05 PM–11:36 AM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation553-007 on Tape 553 (tape position 04:49:08–04:49:37)StartMonday, August 2, 1971 at 2:05 PMEndWednesday, August 4, 1971 at 11:36 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 553-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178727 ↗

A 29-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:05 pm on August 2, 1971 and 11:36 am on August 4, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 553-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 553-7

Date: Unknown between August 2 and August 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:05 pm, August 2 and 11:36 am, August 4
Location: Oval Office

Secret Service agents met.

     Unknown person’s location
         -Executive Office Building [EOB]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 553-007, August 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178727). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/553-007 (accessed November 1, 2026).