Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 704 › Conversation 704-004
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Thursday, April 6, 1972 · 9:26 AM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
A brief telephone exchange between a Secret Service agent and an unidentified individual serves as the primary content of this recording. The majority of the interaction is either unintelligible or restricted under federal statutes, preventing a substantive analysis of the dialogue. Consequently, no specific decisions, developments, or policy discussions can be discerned from the available audio.
- Secret Service
- White House security
- administrative communication
- restricted materials
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NARA Description
On April 6, 1972, unknown person(s) and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 704-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 704-4
Date: April 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:26 am and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Sergeant [name withheld] talked with an unknown person.
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[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 01/05/2018 with new
guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[704-001-w001]
[Duration: 3s]
Agent answering phone call
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and will
remain closed. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and was
reviewed under deed of gift 01/05/2018.]
[Federal Statute]
[704-001-w002]
[Duration: 49s]
[Conversation No. 704-4A]
[End of telephone conversation]
An unknown person [Secret Service agent] entered at an unknown time after 9:26 am.
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on April 6, 1972
- 022-090 7:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:00 pm to 7:09 pm.
- 022-091 7:09 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 022-092 7:09 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:09 pm and 7:12 pm.
- 022-093 7:12 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:31 pm.
- 704-001 8:45 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 8:58 am.
- 704-002 8:45 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 8:45 am and 8:58 am.
- 704-003 8:58 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 9:26 am.
- 329-013 9:26 AM · 44 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and John W. Vogt, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 am to 10:10 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 704-004, April 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/704-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).