Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 583 › Conversation 583-002

United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:17 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation583-002 on Tape 583 (tape position 00:09:45–00:11:32)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 5:15 PMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 5:17 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 583-002 ↗

AI Summary

A brief, two-minute meeting took place in the Oval Office between President Nixon and unnamed Secret Service agents. Due to the lack of available transcripts and the abrupt termination of the recording, the specific subjects addressed remain undocumented. The encounter concluded without any discernible policy decisions or recorded outcomes.

Audio

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 00:09:45 to 00:11:32 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

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 5:15 pm and 5:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 583-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 583-2

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:17 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] entered.

This recording was cut off at an unknown time before 5:17 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 580-021 5:00 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:00 pm.
  • 583-001 5:05 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:14 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 583-002, 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/583-002 (accessed November 12, 2026).