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United States Secret Service agents on Presidential protection

Friday, November 12, 1971 · 3:36 PM–4:26 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation617-015 on Tape 617 (tape position 02:12:49–02:13:07)StartFriday, November 12, 1971 at 3:36 PMEndFriday, November 12, 1971 at 4:26 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 617-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417179781 ↗

AI Summary

United States Secret Service agents met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics. The discussion, which remains largely obscured due to the lack of a formal transcript, centered on operational movements related to the President's presence in the Cabinet Room. No significant policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

On November 12, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-015 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 617-15

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 4:26 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

     The President’s location
          -Cabinet Room

An unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 4:26
pm.

[Conversation No. 617-15A]

     Cabinet Room

[End of telephone conversation]

The unknown people left at an unknown time before 4:26 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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All right.
What?
Okay, I'll be real.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 617-015, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179781). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).