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United States Secret Service agents on Presidential protection and Oval Office

Thursday, October 28, 1971 · 6:59 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation606-006 on Tape 606 (tape position 03:40:28–03:41:32)StartThursday, October 28, 1971 at 6:59 PMEndThursday, October 28, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 606-006 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179407 ↗

A 13-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

On October 28, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:59 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 606-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 606-6

Date: October 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:59 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service] met.
     The President's location

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown men [Secret Service] left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 606-006, October 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179407). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/606-006 (accessed November 15, 2026).