Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 765 › Conversation 765-028

United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 5:50 PM–4:44 PM ET · Oval Office ·9 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation765-028 onTape 765StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 5:50 PMEndThursday, August 10, 1972 at 4:44 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 765-028 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office to coordinate logistical details regarding presidential transportation and security protocols. The discussion centered on the proximity of a helicopter landing site to nearby roads and the coordination of an unidentified person's travel schedule. This dialogue served as a routine operational briefing to ensure the safety and efficiency of executive movements.

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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 5:50 pm on August 8, 1972 and 4:44 pm on August 10, 1972. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 765-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation 765-28

Date: August 8 – 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm, August 8, 1972 and 4:44 pm, August 10, 1972
Location: Oval Office

Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.

       Helicopter
            -Proximity to road

       Unknown person’s schedule

The unknown agents left at an unknown time before 4:44 pm, August 10, 1972.

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  • 029-064 5:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 363-022 5:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 029-072 5:07 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:07 pm on August 8, 1972 and 3:52 pm on August 14, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 765-025 5:19 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Boris V. Petrovsky, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Elliot L. Richardson, Roger O. Egeberg, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:19 pm to 5:44 pm.
  • 765-026 5:44 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 5:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 765-028, 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/765-028 (accessed September 18, 2026).