Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 614 › Conversation 614-013
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 4:48 PM–4:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 31 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents briefly entered the Oval Office to confer with the President regarding security-related matters. The short, two-minute exchange remained largely unintelligible, resulting in no identifiable policy shifts or documented directives. The participants concluded the meeting and exited the office shortly after arrival.
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NARA Description
On November 4, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:48 pm and 4:50 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 614-013 Date: November 4, 1971 Time: Unknown between 4:48 pm and 4:50 pm Location: Oval Office Unknown persons [Secret Service agents] met. ***************************************************************** [Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released 06/05/2019.] [Unintelligible] [614-013-w001] [Duration: 31s] [This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.] ***************************************************************** The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 4:50 pm.
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- 614-016 4:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
- 013-124 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 614-017 4:54 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 4:55 pm.
- 013-125 4:55 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:57 pm.
- 614-018 4:55 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:55 pm to 5:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 614-013, November 4, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/614-013 (accessed October 12, 2026).