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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office protocol

Friday, November 5, 1971 · 11:13 AM–11:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 4 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; United States Secret Service agentsConversation615-020 on Tape 615 (tape position 03:08:55–03:09:30)StartFriday, November 5, 1971 at 11:13 AMEndFriday, November 5, 1971 at 11:20 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 615-020 ↗

AI Summary

A White House staffer identified as Bill met with an unidentified Secret Service agent in the Oval Office for a brief, seven-minute encounter. The interaction was limited to professional greetings between the staff member and the protective detail. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.

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NARA Description

On November 5, 1971, unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 615-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 615-020

Date: November 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:13 am and 11:20 am
Location: Oval Office

Bill [Surname unknown] met with an unknown man [Secret Service agent].

     Greetings

Bill and the unknown man [Secret Service agent] left at an unknown time before 11:20 am.

Also recorded on November 5, 1971

  • 013-152 11:07 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:09 am.
  • 615-015 11:07 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:09 am.
  • 615-016 11:09 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 615-017 11:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:09 am and 11:13 am.
  • 615-018 11:13 AM · 9 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-019 11:13 AM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-021 11:13 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.
  • 615-022 11:13 AM · 3 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:13 am and 11:20 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 615-020, November 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/615-020 (accessed October 12, 2026).