Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 617 › Conversation 617-015
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Friday, November 12, 1971 · 3:36 PM–4:26 PM ET · Oval Office ·1 min
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.Also recorded on November 12, 1971
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- 617-014 3:33 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:33 pm and 3:36 pm.
- 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.
- 617-004 4:02 PM · 13 sec — 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.
- 617-016 4:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:30 pm.
- 617-005 4:29 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Clark MacGregor, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 4:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 617-015, 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/617-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).