Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 566 › Conversation 566-022

United States Secret Service agents on White House taping system

Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 4:30 PM–4:56 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation566-022 on Tape 566 (tape position 03:44:37–03:47:38)StartTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 4:30 PMEndTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 4:56 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 566-022 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to conduct a technical check of the newly installed taping system. The participants focused on verifying the equipment's recording capabilities and ensuring that audio feedback was monitored correctly on available screens. No policy or political matters were discussed during this brief, logistical meeting.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:46:06One, two, three.
3:47:10Yeah, actually, in case you don't watch this on the screen here, it does come out here if you want.
3:47:14Oh, maybe if you want.
3:47:15It just happens now.
3:47:15Okay.

NARA Description

On August 17, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:56 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 566-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 566-22

Date: August 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4 :56 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

     [Unintelligible]

     The President’s location

The unknown people [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:56
pm.

Also recorded on August 17, 1971

  • 566-016 3:26 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 008-026 4:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 008-027 4:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 008-028 4:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 008-029 4:12 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 566-019 4:56 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:56 pm.
  • 566-020 4:56 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jayne B. Spain, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 5:04 pm.
  • 566-023 5:04 PM · 35 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 566-022, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/566-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).