Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 905 › Conversation 905-020
United States Secret Service agents on United States Secret Service
Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 12:32 PM–7:32 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents convened in the Oval Office to discuss operational assignments. The brief, indistinct recording concludes with formal exchanges between the participants. Due to the limited nature of the audio and the lack of specific substantive detail, the precise objectives and subsequent action items remain unidentified.
- United States Secret Service
- Oval Office
- Personnel assignment
- White House operations
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NARA Description
United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 12:32 pm on April 26, 1973 and 7:32 am on April 27, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 905-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 905-20
Date: April 26, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:32 pm on April 26, 1973 and 7:32 am on April 27, 1973
Location: Oval Office
Unknown United States Secret Service [USSS] agents met.
Assignment [?]
An unknown USSS talked with an unknown person at an unknown time before 7:32 am on April
27, 1973.
[The recording was cut off at an unknown time before 7:32 am on April 27, 1973.]Also recorded on April 26, 1973
- 045-003 12:16 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 12:16 pm to 12:21 pm.
- 905-017 12:16 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:21 pm.
- 045-004 12:21 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:23 pm.
- 905-018 12:21 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:23 pm.
- 045-005 12:23 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst talked on the telephone from 12:23 pm to 12:32 pm.
- 905-019 12:23 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard G. Kleindienst met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:32 pm.
- 045-006 12:34 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 431-001 12:34 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 1:13 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 905-020, April 26, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/905-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).