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

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 4:02 PM–4:29 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation617-004 on Tape 617 (tape position 00:04:06–00:04:16)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 4:02 PMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 4:29 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 617-004 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office to conduct a brief meeting with President Nixon. The discussion concluded abruptly, and the provided record contains no substantive dialogue due to the unintelligible nature of the audio. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items were captured during this short exchange.

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NARA Description

On November 12, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 617-004

Date: November 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:29 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 07/03/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[617-004-w001]
[Duration: 13s]

       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 4:29 pm.

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  • 617-001 3:59 PM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 617-002 3:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:02 pm.
  • 617-003 4:02 PM · 5 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:02 pm and 4:29 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 617-004, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).