Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 713 › Conversation 713-004
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Wednesday, April 19, 1972 · 5:05 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
United States Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to coordinate security logistics and verify the President's upcoming movements to the Executive Office Building. The brief exchange primarily focused on scheduling and the practicalities of the President's transit between official locations. The meeting concluded without any substantive policy developments, serving as a routine check-in for the protection detail.
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 713-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 713-4
Date: April 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown persons [Secret Service agents] met.
Telephone call
The President’s schedule
-The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/12/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[713-004-w001]
[Duration: 19s]
Greetings
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The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Also recorded on April 19, 1972
- 023-040 4:41 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:41 pm and 4:58 pm.
- 023-041 4:58 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:01 pm.
- 023-042 5:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 713-002 5:01 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:01 pm to 5:02 pm.
- 713-003 5:02 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:02 pm to 5:03 pm.
- 331-033 5:05 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:35 pm.
- 023-043 5:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:28 pm.
- 023-044 5:28 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:28 pm to 5:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 713-004, April 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/713-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).