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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Wednesday, November 24, 1971 · 9:49 AM–9:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 34 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation624-012 on Tape 624 (tape position 01:27:42–01:28:16)StartWednesday, November 24, 1971 at 9:49 AMEndWednesday, November 24, 1971 at 9:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 624-012 ↗

United States Secret Service agents and unknown individuals convened in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics regarding the President's schedule. The brief discussion primarily focused on the President's location and his upcoming appointment with his barber. No major policy decisions were made during this brief administrative exchange.

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He's small, but he's going.

On November 24, 1971, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:49 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 624-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 624-012

Date: November 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 10:01 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
released 07/11/2019.]
[Unintelligible]

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

[624-012-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

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An unknown man [Secret Service] talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between
9:50 and 10:01 am.

[Conversation No. 624-12A]

     The President’s location
          -Barber

[End of telephone conversation]

     The President’s location

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 10:01 am.
  • 015-133 8:08 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 8:08 am to 8:09 am.
  • 624-006 8:09 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:49 am.
  • 624-007 8:09 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:49 am.
  • 624-008 8:09 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:49 am.
  • 624-009 8:09 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:49 am.
  • 624-010 8:49 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter B. Wilson, Max L. Friedersdorf, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:49 am to 9:49 am.
  • 624-011 9:49 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:49 am and 9:50 am.
  • 624-013 10:01 AM · 1 hr 42 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:01 am to 11:40 am.

Conversation 624-012, November 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/624-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).