Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 725 › Conversation 725-039

United States Secret Service agents on Personnel management

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 11:03 AM–11:30 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation725-039 onTape 725 (tape position 03:07:16–03:21:20)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:03 AMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 725-039 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met with the President in the Oval Office to discuss the strategic placement and travel plans of an unidentified individual. The discussion focused on reassigning this person to field duty and evaluating the necessity of his potential travel to North Africa. The meeting concluded with a consensus on these personnel decisions and their integration into existing administrative plans.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:07:16They love each other.
3:07:18I don't know why she loves him.
3:07:24But anyway, that's that.
3:07:25But what I want to do is to tie him in.
3:07:27So I'd like to have a...
3:07:28He said also he'd like to go to...
3:07:30He wanted to go to Africa.
3:07:31He said, no, he doesn't want to come.
3:07:35But they're in the dominant place in Africa, so there's no use in going there.
3:07:41And except, he said he'd like to go to North Africa.
3:07:42We definitely ought to put him back on field.
3:07:45No question about that.
3:07:51Well, that explains his frantic activity last week to get involved with that decision.
3:08:00All right.
3:08:01I'm not going to this.
3:08:03I'm seeing, unless it's something that you think, sir.
3:08:09Oh.
3:08:14That's why we're building.
3:08:15I think it should just be there.
3:09:09All right.
3:09:54Thank you.
3:10:28Thank you.
3:11:07Thank you.
3:12:52Thank you very much.
3:13:37Yeah.
3:14:15All right.
3:15:01Okay.
3:15:37All right.
3:16:16All right.
3:16:54Okay.
3:16:55Okay.
3:16:55Okay.
3:17:55Thank you.
3:18:59All right.

NARA Description

On May 16, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 725-39

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:03 am and 11:30 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Servie agents] met.

     The President’s location
          -Cabinet Room

The agents left at an unknown time before 11:30 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 725-039, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/725-039 (accessed September 18, 2026).