Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 898 › Conversation 898-026
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Giulio Andreotti
Tuesday, April 17, 1973 · 10:00 AM–10:34 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
Secret Service agents briefly met in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics surrounding President Nixon's upcoming meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. The discussion involved brief, fragmented logistical planning regarding the protocol for the President's schedule. Much of the interaction remains classified due to national security concerns, limiting the public record of the specific procedures discussed.
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NARA Description
On April 17, 1973, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation 898-26
Date: April 17, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:00 am and 10:34 am
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons [United States Secret Service [USSS] agents ?] met at an unknown time after
10:00 am.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(rev. October-2011)
Conversation No. 898-26 (cont’d)
President’s schedule
-Meeting with Giulio Andreotti
-Entrance
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN-T-MDR-
2014-038. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 06/17/2019. Archivist: DR]
[National Security]
[898-026-w001]
[Duration: 1m 44s]
USSS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 10:34 am.Also recorded on April 17, 1973
- 038-084 9:19 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III talked on the telephone from 9:19 am to 9:25 am.
- 898-002 9:19 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:19 am to 9:25 am.
- 898-003 9:25 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:30 am.
- 898-004 9:30 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Leonard Garment met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:30 am to 9:46 am.
- 898-005 9:46 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:46 am and 9:47 am.
- 898-006 9:47 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:47 am to 9:59 am.
- 898-007 9:59 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:59 am to 10:00 am.
- 898-008 10:34 AM · 1 hr 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Giulio Andreotti, Andrea Cagiatti, Neil A. Seidenman, Paolo Gesfulo, Anna Saxon, members of the press, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:34 am to 12:19 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 898-026, April 17, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).