Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 611 › Conversation 611-023
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Tuesday, November 2, 1971 · 1:13 PM–3:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and communicate the President's current location within the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange served as a routine operational update regarding the President's movements. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this short security-focused interaction.
- Secret Service
- Presidential security
- Executive Office Building
- Logistics
- Operational briefing
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NARA Description
On November 2, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 611-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 611-23
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 07/29/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[611-023-w001]
[Duration: 34s]
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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The President entered at 3:00 pm.
The conversation was cut off at 3:00 pm.Also recorded on November 2, 1971
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- 013-070 1:06 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John H. Rousselot talked on the telephone from 1:06 pm to 1:08 pm.
- 013-071 1:09 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Barber B. Conable, Jr. talked on the telephone from 1:09 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 611-022 1:13 PM · 10 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 3:00 pm.
- 013-072 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
- 300-001 1:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
- 300-002 1:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 611-023, November 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/611-023 (accessed September 30, 2026).