Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 714 › Conversation 714-024

United States Secret Service agents on Media bias and Bob Hope

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 4:49 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation714-024 on Tape 714 (tape position 04:28:58–04:30:26)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:49 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 714-024 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents and an unidentified individual discuss media misrepresentation regarding a recent event involving Bob Hope. The speakers express frustration over a press report that falsely characterized a small number of hecklers as a negative reaction from a large audience of 15,000. This dialogue highlights the administration's concern over perceived journalistic bias and the distortion of public perception.

Audio

part C, 24:34

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NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:49 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 714-24

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons [Secret Service agents] met.

     [Unintelligible]

An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 4:49 and 11:59
pm.

     [Conversation No. 714-24A]

     The President’s location
          -Residence

     [End of telephone conversation]

     [Unintelligible]

The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Now, I have heard up until three days ago that they booed me at YK.
15,000 kids there, the greatest audience you ever heard.
Three kids went boo, and a newspaper guy jumped on and said, oh, they booed Bob Hope at YK.
You know what I mean?

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  • 714-020 4:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 4:21 pm.
  • 714-021 4:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lelsie T. ("Bob") Hope, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:21 pm to 4:24 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 714-024, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/714-024 (accessed November 2, 2026).