Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 615 › Conversation 615-021
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Friday, November 5, 1971 · 11:13 AM–11:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office for a brief, undocumented discussion. Due to the unintelligible nature of the recording and the lack of a transcript, the specific agenda or security matters addressed remain unknown. The interaction concluded within seven minutes, leaving no record of actionable outcomes.
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NARA Description
On November 5, 1971, 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 615-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 615-021
Date: November 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:13 am and 11:20 am
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
cleared for release. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and
was reviewed under deed of gift 06/06/2019.]
[Federal Statute]
[615-021-w001]
[Duration: 1m 31s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:13 am and
11:20 am.
[Conversation No. 615-21A]
[First name unknown] Crawford
[End of telephone conversation]
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The unknown people [Secret Service agents] 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.
- 615-020 11:13 AM · 4 sec — 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.
- 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 615-021, 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/615-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).