Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 906 › Conversation 906-028

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Friday, April 27, 1973 · 8:20 PM–10:00 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation906-028 on Tape 906StartFriday, April 27, 1973 at 8:20 PMEndFriday, April 27, 1973 at 10:00 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 906-028 ↗

AI Summary

Unnamed United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to conduct a technical check of the taping system equipment. The brief exchange consists primarily of testing audio levels and recording functionality. The agents also briefly discussed the weather forecast in preparation for the President’s upcoming travel.

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I'll give it a go again.

Push it all the way in.

Good.

You think it'd be nice tomorrow?

It would be nice tomorrow.

Anyway, it's going to be good.

Anyway.

It's going to be nice tomorrow.

It will be nice tomorrow.

Anyway, it's going to be nice.

Anyway.

NARA Description

On April 27, 1973, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 10:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 906-28

Date: April 27, 1973
Time: 8:20 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown United States Secret Service [USSS] agents [?] met.

      President’s departure

      Weather

      Request [?]

      Weather
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 906-28 (cont’d)

The tape cut off at an unknown time before 10:00 pm.

Also recorded on April 28, 1973

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906-025 8:04 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:04 pm to 8:20 pm.
432-001 8:22 PM · 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-002 8:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-003 8:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-043 8:22 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 9:34 pm.
432-004 9:34 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building on an unknown date, sometime between 9:34 pm on April 27, 1973 and 8:25 pm on April 30, 1973.
164-002 8:21 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:21 am and 8:41 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 906-028, April 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/906-028 (accessed October 5, 2026).