Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 620 › Conversation 620-015
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 1:13 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 36 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met in the Oval Office to discuss operational security or administrative logistics. While the specific nature of the conversation remains obscured due to the lack of a transcript, the session pertains to internal White House security protocols or logistical arrangements handled by the Secret Service. No definitive outcomes or policy decisions are documented in the remaining audio fragment.
- Secret Service
- White House security
- Oval Office operations
- Administrative protocols
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NARA Description
On November 17, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 620-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 620-015
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
Greetings
An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
[Conversation No. 620-15A]
The President's location
-Old Executive Office Building [EOB] Office
[End of telephone conversation]
The President's location
-EOB
An unknown man [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 1:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
[Conversation No. 620-15B]
The President's location
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 02/21/2019 with new
guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[620-015-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
Secret Service agent
-Answering phone
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-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on November 17, 1971
- 014-152 1:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 293-001 1:15 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 293-002 1:15 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 293-003 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm.
- 014-153 1:26 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
- 293-004 1:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:26 pm to 1:27 pm.
- 014-154 1:27 PM · 9 min — Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, John D. Ehrlichman, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
- 293-005 1:27 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:27 pm and 2:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 620-015, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/620-015 (accessed October 1, 2026).