Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 725 › Conversation 725-043
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 5:54 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to discuss security-related logistics, though the specific nature of their operational briefing remains unclear due to the fragmented state of the recording. The conversation concludes abruptly, providing no significant policy developments or actionable outcomes for the historical record. The sparse audio data limits the ability to determine the exact intent or outcome of the agents' presence.
- Secret Service
- White House security
- Oval Office
- operational logistics
- protection detail
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 05:12:07 into the tape and ends around 05:12:19.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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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 5:54 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 725-43
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:54 pm and 11:59 pm
(rev. Jan-02)
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service Agents] met.
An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time
between 5: 54 and 11:59 pm.
[Conversation No. 725-43A]
The President’s location
[End of telephone conversation]
[The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.]Also recorded on May 16, 1972
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- 024-153 3:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 024-154 3:58 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 3:59 pm.
- 024-155 3:59 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 3:59 pm to 4:10 pm.
- 725-035 4:58 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clark MacGregor, David C. Hoopes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:58 pm and 5:05 pm.
- 725-036 5:05 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, Ray C. Bliss, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:40 pm.
- 725-037 5:40 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:40 pm and 5:43 pm.
- 725-038 5:43 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John Cardinal Krol, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:43 pm to 5:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 725-043, 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/725-043 (accessed September 18, 2026).