Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 736 › Conversation 736-004

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office

Thursday, June 15, 1972 · 6:43 PM–8:07 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation736-004 on Tape 736 (tape position 01:43:18–01:44:05)StartThursday, June 15, 1972 at 6:43 PMEndFriday, June 16, 1972 at 8:07 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 736-004 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents gathered in the Oval Office for an informal meeting to discuss routine security matters or logistical concerns regarding the President’s location and office furnishings. While the specific substance of the dialogue remains unrecorded, the interaction provides insight into the day-to-day coordination between presidential protection details and the executive workspace. The meeting concluded without any documented changes to existing security protocols or executive policy.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:43 pm on June 15, 1972 and 8:07 am on June 16, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 736-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 736-4

Date: June 15-16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:43 pm and 8:07 am
Location: Oval Office

Unknown persons (Secret Service agents) met.

     The President’s location

     Furnishings

This conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 8:07 am, June 16, 1972.

Also recorded on June 15, 1972

  • 735-014 3:04 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Ibrahim al-Sowayel, Melvin R. Laird, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Camile Nowfel, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:04 pm to 3:45 pm.
  • 735-015 3:45 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 735-016 3:47 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:47 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 736-001 3:47 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:47 pm to 5:25 pm.
  • 736-002 5:25 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, William G. Milliken, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 6:43 pm.
  • 025-068 5:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:46 pm.
  • 025-069 5:46 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William G. Milliken talked on the telephone from 5:46 pm to 5:54 pm.
  • 736-003 6:43 PM — Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 6:43 pm on June 15, 1972 and 8:07 am on June 16, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 736-004, June 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/736-004 (accessed September 30, 2026).