Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 765 › Conversation 765-024
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service and Oval Office
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 12:27 PM–5:16 PM ET · Oval Office ·27 sec
AI Summary
A brief, inconclusive exchange occurs between a Secret Service agent and an unidentified individual within the Oval Office. The recording contains no discernible substantive discussion or actionable intelligence, consisting only of a short, formal pleasantry. Consequently, the context and purpose of the meeting remain historically indeterminate due to a lack of identifiable dialogue.
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NARA Description
On August 8, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 5:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 765-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 765-24
Date: August 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:27 pm and 5:16 pm
Location: Oval Office
An unknown man [Secret Service agent] met with an unknown person.
The unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown between 12:27 pm and 5:16
pm.
[Conversation No. 765-24A]
Unknown man’s location
-Oval Office
[End of telephone conversation]
Unknown matter
The unknown man talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and
5:16 pm.
[Conversation No. 765-24B]
The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of conversation]
(rev. Nov-03)Also recorded on August 8, 1972
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- 765-021 12:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:26 pm.
- 029-044 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 765-022 12:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
- 765-023 12:27 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 765-027 12:27 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 12:31 pm.
- 029-045 12:31 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 363-001 12:31 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 765-024, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/765-024 (accessed September 18, 2026).