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United States Secret Service agents on White House residence

Wednesday, November 3, 1971 · 5:31 PM–8:07 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation612-005 on Tape 612 (tape position 01:00:09–01:01:45)StartWednesday, November 3, 1971 at 5:31 PMEndThursday, November 4, 1971 at 8:07 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 612-005 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179549 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with the President in the Oval Office to conduct a brief logistical review concerning his upcoming schedule. The discussion focused on arrangements regarding the President’s movements and requirements within the White House residence. The brief exchange was interrupted and cut off, leaving the specific details of the operational planning incomplete.

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NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:31 pm on November 3, 1971 and 8:07 am on November 4, 1971. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 612-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 612-005

Date: November 3, 1971 or November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm, November 3 and 8:07 am, November 4, 1971
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

     The President's schedule
          -Residence

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Yes, sir.
Let's take a look at this.
Take a look at this.
Come on.

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  • 013-110 4:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Finch talked on the telephone from 4:42 pm to 4:43 pm.
  • 013-111 4:43 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:43 pm and 4:46 pm.
  • 013-112 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Philip M. Crane talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 013-113 4:55 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 013-114 5:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:04 pm to 5:08 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 612-005, November 3, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179549). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/612-005 (accessed November 1, 2026).