Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 629 › Conversation 629-009
United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security
Monday, December 6, 1971 · 10:08 AM–10:44 AM ET · Oval Office · 25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to confirm his immediate location and movements. The brief exchange primarily focused on coordinating his transition to the Cabinet Room. The discussion was terminated shortly thereafter, leaving no further substantive records of the interaction.
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NARA Description
On December 6, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 629-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 629-9
Date: December 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:44 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 04/05/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[629-009-w001]
[Duration: 24s]
The President’s location
-Cabinet Room
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The conversation was cutoff at an unknown time before 10:44 am.Also recorded on December 6, 1971
- 016-015 9:24 AM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:24 am and 9:37 am.
- 016-133 9:24 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:24 am and 9:37 am.
- 016-016 9:37 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 9:37 am to 9:42 am.
- 016-017 9:42 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:42 am and 10:01 am.
- 016-018 10:01 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Wilbur D. Mills talked on the telephone from 10:01 am to 10:06 am.
- 016-019 10:06 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:18 pm.
- 629-007 10:08 AM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:44 am.
- 629-008 10:08 AM · 1 min — Stephen B. Bull and Lyndon K. Allin met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:08 am and 10:44 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 629-009, December 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/629-009 (accessed October 10, 2026).