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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security

Monday, November 1, 1971 · 5:08 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation610-003 on Tape 610 (tape position 01:04:16–01:05:57)StartMonday, November 1, 1971 at 5:08 PMEndMonday, November 1, 1971 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 610-003 ↗

Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s movements and daily schedule. The brief and largely unintelligible exchange focused on confirming the President's current location and ensuring secure operational status. The conversation concluded abruptly without documenting any major policy decisions.

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On November 1, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:08 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 610-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 610-3
Date: November 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:08 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] talked.

     The President's schedule

[End of telephone conversation]

The unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 03/17/2020.]
[Unintelligible]
[610-003-w001]
[Duration: 1m 3s]

     The President’s location [?]

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
  • 013-056 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-031 2:47 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:47 pm to 2:49 pm.
  • 302-032 2:54 PM · 1 hr 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Melvin R. Laird, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 4:04 pm.
  • 013-057 2:55 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:55 pm and 3:55 pm.
  • 013-058 3:55 PM · 29 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:55 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 610-001 4:04 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:04 pm to 5:08 pm.
  • 610-002 5:08 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:08 pm.
  • 013-059 5:18 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm.

Conversation 610-003, November 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/610-003 (accessed September 30, 2026).