Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 324 › Conversation 324-014
Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on Nihat Erim and 1972 Election
Wednesday, March 22, 1972 · 10:05 AM–11:01 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 9 min
AI Summary
President Nixon spent this session in the Old Executive Office Building dictating a series of personal memoranda and reflecting on contemporary political affairs. Accompanied briefly by aides Stephen Bull, Alexander Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez, Nixon reviewed briefing materials regarding international figures such as Turkish Prime Minister Nihat Erim and discussed his broader 1972 election prospects. The President utilized the time to document his thoughts on global leadership, comparisons to past administrations, and his personal views on national political challenges.
- Nihat Erim
- 1972 Election
- Executive Dictation
- Foreign Policy
- Political Strategy
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NARA Description
On March 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 324-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 324-14
Date: March 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 11:01 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President dictated a memorandum for the file.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[324-014-w001]
[Duration: 1m 12s]
Nihat Erim
-Intelligence
-Demeanor
-Meeting with the President
-Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon
-Gift [?]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] trip
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Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:05 am.
Briefing book
Bull left at an unknown time before 10:10 am.
The President resumed dictating.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[324-014-w002]
[Duration: 30s]
Criticism
-California liberals
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The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield between 10:10 am and 10:11 am.
[Conversation No. 324-14A]
[See Conversation No. 21-129]
[End of telephone conversation]
Manolo Sanchez [?] entered at an unknown time after 10:11 am.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/11/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[314-014-w003]
[Duration: 6m 56s]
Request
-Coffee
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 11:01 am.
The President resumed dictating.
1972 election
-Nihat Erim
-Georges J. R. Pompidou
-The President's prospects
-Charles A. J. M. de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr.
John G. Tower
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Unknown person
Dinner
John N. Mitchell
Democrats
George H. W. Bush
US
-Leadership
******************************************************************************Also recorded on March 22, 1972
- 324-015 10:05 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-017 10:05 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-018 10:05 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-019 10:05 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-020 10:05 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-021 10:05 AM · 10 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 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 324-044 10:05 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:01 am.
- 021-129 10:10 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 324-014, March 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/324-014 (accessed October 3, 2026).