Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 725 › Conversation 725-043

United States Secret Service agents on Oval Office and protection detail

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 5:54 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation725-043 on Tape 725 (tape position 05:12:07–05:12:19)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 5:54 PMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 725-043 ↗

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Position in tape: 05:12:07 – 05:12:19

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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

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.]

Transcript (AI-generated)

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I don't know.
There is the mentality there.
What mentality?
They used to be in Russia.
I told you about this a moment ago.
This is basically the one thing.

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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 November 2, 2026).