Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 559 › Conversation 559-025
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 1:04 PM–1:10 PM ET · Oval Office · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to briefly discuss seating arrangements. The brief interaction focused on logistics regarding the President’s location within the room. No further substantive policy or operational discussions were recorded during this session.
- Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Presidential logistics
- Security detail
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NARA Description
On August 10, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 559-025
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
President’s location
The unknown people [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:10
pm.Also recorded on August 10, 1971
- 068-008 11:54 AM · 25 min — Richard M. Nixon, Sisowath Sirik Matak,Sophia Porson, Ronald L. Ziegler, Oliver ("Ollie") Atkins, Henry A. Kissinger, and members of the press met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 12:00 pm.
- 559-007 11:54 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am.
- 559-008 11:59 AM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Sophia K. Porson, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:59 am to 1:04 pm.
- 559-009 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aldo F. DiChiara, Crensenzi W. Castaldo, George T. Bell, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 559-010 1:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 559-011 1:16 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, A. Blaine Huntsman, Jon M. Huntsman, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:16 pm to 1:17 pm.
- 559-012 1:18 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:18 pm to 1:30 pm.
- 559-013 1:30 PM · 29 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 2:31 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 559-025, August 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-025 (accessed October 9, 2026).