Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 703 › Conversation 703-007

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 6:19 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation703-007 on Tape 703 (tape position 03:23:38–03:24:57)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 6:19 PMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 703-007 ↗

A United States Secret Service agent met with unknown individuals in the Oval Office to briefly discuss the President's location. The exchange was extremely brief and yielded no significant policy developments or actionable information beyond administrative inquiries regarding the President's whereabouts.

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I thought I was going to say excuse me.

On April 5, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 703-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 703-7

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:19 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

An unknown person [Secret Service Agent] talked with an unknown person.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 09/30/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[703-007-w001]
[Duration: 7s]

     The President’s location [?]

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The unknown agent left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.
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  • 022-088 2:54 PM · 2 min — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 703-002 4:30 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-003 4:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 703-004 4:36 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John K. Andrews, Jr., and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:36 pm to 4:55 pm.
  • 703-005 4:55 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:55 pm and 4:59 pm.
  • 703-006 4:59 PM · 1 hr 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers, John K. Andrews, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 6:19 pm.
  • 022-089 6:19 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:19 pm and 7:00 pm.

Conversation 703-007, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/703-007 (accessed October 1, 2026).