Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 634 › Conversation 634-020

United States Secret Service agents on Presidential movements

Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 6:36 PM–6:47 PM ET · Oval Office · 56 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation634-020 on Tape 634 (tape position 03:43:55–03:44:50)StartThursday, December 9, 1971 at 6:36 PMEndThursday, December 9, 1971 at 6:47 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 634-020 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417180309 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and verify the President’s location. The brief exchange focused on confirming the President’s transition to the residence and addressing administrative communication protocols via the office buzzer system. The conversation concluded with the agents exiting the office shortly thereafter.

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NARA Description

On December 9, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:36 pm and 6:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-020 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 634-20

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:36 pm and 6:47 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

     [Unintelligible]

     The President’s location
          -Residence

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 6:47 pm.

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You're ridiculous.
Is there anyone?
Did you get the buzzer, sir?
Okay.
Huh?
Huh?
Huh?

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 634-020, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417180309). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-020 (accessed November 2, 2026).