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United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office security

Friday, July 21, 1972 · 5:00 PM–8:47 AM ET · Oval Office · 12 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation750-015 on Tape 750StartFriday, July 21, 1972 at 5:00 PMEndMonday, July 24, 1972 at 8:47 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 750-015 ↗

United States Secret Service agents briefly occupied the Oval Office during this window of time to conduct unidentified business. Due to the poor audio quality and lack of recorded dialogue, the specific substance of the exchange remains unintelligible. No policy decisions, actionable intelligence, or historical developments can be discerned from the surviving audio track.

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United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:00 pm on July 21, 1972 and 8:47 am on July 24, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 750-015 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 750-15

Date: Unknown between July 21 and 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:00 pm, July 21 and 8:47 am July 24, 1972
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents?] entered at an unknown time.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 11/01/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[750-015-w001]
[Duration: 17s]

An unknown agent talked with an unknown person at an unknown time before 8:47 am, July 24,
1972.

[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]

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[End of telephone conversation]

The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 8:47 am, July 24, 1972.
  • 027-039 4:13 PM · 14 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:13 pm on July 21, 1972 and 11:55 am on July 24, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
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  • 750-014 4:59 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:59 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 197-001 5:36 PM · 12 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 197-002 5:36 PM · 11 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 197-003 5:36 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 197-004 5:36 PM · 1 min — Manolo Sanchez and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:05 pm.
  • 197-005 5:36 PM · 18 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:36 pm and 6:05 pm.

Conversation 750-015, July 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/750-015 (accessed October 12, 2026).