Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 577 › Conversation 577-010
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Monday, September 20, 1971 · 3:01 PM–4:41 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals gathered in the Oval Office to discuss the President’s location, specifically noting his presence in the Cabinet Room. The remainder of the conversation is largely unintelligible, consisting of repetitive, fragmented exchanges in Welsh that appear unrelated to substantive policy or executive decision-making. No significant actions or policy developments resulted from this brief, largely indistinct interaction.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On September 20, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:41 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 577-10
Date: September 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 4:41 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
[Unintelligible]
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] entered at an unknown time after 3:01 pm.
The President's location
-Cabinet Room
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 4:41 pmAlso recorded on September 20, 1971
- 577-005 1:30 PM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-006 1:30 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-007 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 577-008 1:40 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, William E. Walk, Jr., and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 009-096 2:09 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm.
- 009-097 2:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Walk, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:09 pm to 2:12 pm.
- 577-009 3:00 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm.
- 076-004 3:01 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, David Packard, John N. Irwin, II, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Col. Richard T. Kennedy, John H. Holdridge, and [Name withdrawn], met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 3:01 pm to 4:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 577-010, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/577-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).