Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 614 › Conversation 614-020
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Thursday, November 4, 1971 · 5:06 PM–6:23 PM ET · Oval Office · 16 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to deliver an unspecified book. The conversation remains largely unintelligible due to significant background noise and poor audio quality throughout the brief exchange. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions were recorded during this brief encounter.
- Secret Service
- White House security
- Oval Office
- Presidential archives
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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 5:06 pm and 6:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 614-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 614-020
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: November 4, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 6:23 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/05/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[614-020-w001]
[Duration: 15s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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The unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 6:23 pm.Also recorded on November 4, 1971
- 013-123 4:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone 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.
- 013-126 4:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 4:59 pm.
- 082-001 5:06 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and selected Republican members of the House of Representatives, including Samuel L. Devine, Carleton J. King, William L. Dickinson, John E. Hunt, John H. Kyl, James M. Collins, Robert H. Michel, John Rousselot, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John D. Ehrlichman, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:06 pm to 6:23 pm.
- 614-019 5:06 PM · 31 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 6:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 614-020, 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/614-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).