Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 578 › Conversation 578-012
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Friday, September 24, 1971 · 9:05 AM–9:52 AM ET · Oval Office · 9 sec
AI Summary
This recording consists of a brief, eight-second exchange between United States Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals within the Oval Office. Due to the limited duration and lack of audible content beyond brief instructions, the specific substance of the interaction remains effectively unintelligible. The conversation does not document any recorded policy decisions or significant administrative developments.
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NARA Description
On September 24, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 578-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 578-12
Date: September 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 9:52 am
Location: Oval Office
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 03/13/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[578-012-w001]
[Duration: 8s]
Instructions
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 9:52 am.Also recorded on September 24, 1971
- 077-002 8:13 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers met with John B. Connally, David Packard, John N. Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Laurence H. Silberman, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, James M. Beggs, David M. Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Robert H. Finch, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Arnold R. Weber, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Gerald L. Warren, Alexander P. Butterfield, Colonel Richard T. Kennedy, John N. Irwin, II, U. Alexis Johnson, Nathanial Samuels, Paul A. Volcker, Arthur F. Burns, Paul W. McCracken, Ezra Solomon, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and unknown person(s), met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 11:03 am.
- 578-001 8:13 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 9:05 am.
- 578-002 8:13 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:13 am and 9:05 am.
- 578-003 9:05 AM · 47 sec — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:52 am.
- 578-004 9:52 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, and Arthur F. Burns met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:52 am to 10:29 am.
- 077-003 9:53 AM · 7 min — George P. Shultz, Milton Friedman, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 11:03 am.
- 077-006 9:53 AM · 43 sec — Manolo Sanchez [?] and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:53 am and 3:15 pm.
- 578-005 10:33 AM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Milton Friedman, George P. Shultz, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 11:44 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 578-012, September 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/578-012 (accessed October 2, 2026).