Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 731 › Conversation 731-003

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and White House security

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 6:09 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation731-003 on Tape 731 (tape position 00:28:38–00:31:01)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 6:09 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 731-003 ↗

Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to conduct an unrecorded briefing regarding protective operations or security protocols. Due to the lack of an available transcript and the unintelligible nature of the audio, the specific details of their discussion remain unknown. The meeting concluded without any publicly documented policy changes or official directives.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 12, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 731-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 731-3

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: Unknown after 6:09 pm.
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons (Secret Service agents) met.

     [UNINTELLIGIBLE]

The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 7:45 am., June 13, 1972.
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Conversation 731-003, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/731-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).