Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 580 › Conversation 580-009

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 11:15 AM–11:54 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation580-009 on Tape 580 (tape position 01:11:54–01:13:00)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:15 AMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 580-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with unidentified Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss undisclosed security matters. The discussion was brief and remains undocumented due to the lack of a transcript and the unintelligible nature of the audio. No specific policy decisions or significant developments were recorded during this interaction.

Audio

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:11:54 into the tape and ends around 01:13:00.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On September 29, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 580-9

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] entered.

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:54 am.

Also recorded on September 29, 1971

  • 580-005 10:33 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 11:15 am.
  • 580-006 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-007 11:15 AM · 26 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-008 11:15 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-010 11:54 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:54 am.
  • 580-011 11:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 580-013 11:55 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 1:08 pm.
  • 010-028 11:58 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:58 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 580-009, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/580-009 (accessed October 2, 2026).