Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 742 › Conversation 742-019

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Monday, June 26, 1972 · 12:31 PM–3:03 PM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation742-019 on Tape 742 (tape position 03:54:24–03:54:49)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 12:31 PMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 3:03 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 742-019 ↗

Secret Service personnel met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics and security operations. The discussion focused on confirming the President’s location, specifically noting his presence in the Executive Office Building. No further substantive details are available due to the lack of a transcript for this brief operational exchange.

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 26, 1972, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 3:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 742-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 742-19

Date: June 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 3:03 pm

Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

      Telephone call

An unknown person [Secret Service agent] talked with an unknown person.

[Conversation No. 742-19A]

      The President’s location
           -Executive Office Building [EOB]

[End of telephone conversation]
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Conversation 742-019, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/742-019 (accessed September 30, 2026).