Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 700 › Conversation 700-008
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Presidential travel
Monday, April 3, 1972 · 11:39 AM–4:27 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
Secret Service agents and unidentified individuals met to discuss logistics and security arrangements for an upcoming presidential trip. The participants addressed potential public or media interest in their activities, specifically noting that the matter had not yet reached the level of a national story. The conversation primarily focused on navigating scheduling challenges and managing access for individuals accompanying the President.
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 3, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 4:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 700-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 700-8
Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 4:27 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons [Secret Service agents?] met.
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency Statute]
[Duration: 2s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s location
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:35 am and
4:27 pm.
[Conversation No. 700-8A]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
The President’s location
-EOB
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 11:39 am and
4:27 pm.
[Conversation No. 700-8B]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Agency Statute]
[Duration: 6s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 4:27 pm.Also recorded on April 3, 1972
- 700-005 10:06 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, [David] Kenneth Rush, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:06 am to 10:20 am.
- 700-006 10:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:23 am.
- 700-007 10:23 AM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 11:35 am.
- 022-064 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:46 am.
- 022-065 11:46 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:49 am.
- 022-066 11:49 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 3:19 pm.
- 328-024 11:49 AM · 16 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 11:49 am and 12:55 pm.
- 328-025 12:55 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 700-008, April 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/700-008 (accessed October 11, 2026).