Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 874 › Conversation 874-028
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Friday, March 9, 1973 · 9:54 AM–12:15 PM ET · Oval Office · 20 sec
AI Summary
Two United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to discuss operational or security-related matters. The conversation was brief and administrative in nature, concluding with a departure. No major policy decisions or substantive political discussions were recorded during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On March 9, 1973, unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 874-28
Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 9:57 am and 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
Two Secret Service agents met.
President’s location
The two Secret Service agents left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.Also recorded on March 9, 1973
- 037-064 9:26 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:26 am.
- 037-065 9:26 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-001 9:26 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:26 am.
- 874-002 9:26 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-003 9:26 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am.
- 874-008 9:52 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:52 am and 9:54 am.
- 874-009 9:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 9:57 am.
- 117-007 10:00 AM · 2 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Cabinet officers and staffers, including William P. Rogers, William E. Simon, Elliot L. Richardson, Richard G. Kleindienst, John C. Whitaker, Earl L. Butz, Frederick B. Dent, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, James T. Lynn, Claude S. Brinegar, Roy L. Ash, Anne L. Armstrong, John A. Scali, George H. W. Bush, Donald E. Johnson, William D. Ruckelshaus, Herbert Stein, Russell E. Train, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Peter M. Flanigan, William E. Timmons, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Herbert G. Klein, Leonard Garment, Ronald L. Ziegler, Richard A. Moore, Arthur J. Sohmer, Kenneth W. Clawson, William J. Baroody, Jr., David N. Parker, David R. Gergen, Stanley S. Scott, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Guthrie, Jr., Tod R. Hullin, Patrick J. Buchanan, Lawrence M. Higby, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and Frederic V. Malek, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 3:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 874-028, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-028 (accessed October 5, 2026).