Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 329 › Conversation 329-014

Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on Charles W. Colson and Speech preparation

Tuesday, April 11, 1972 · 10:31 AM–10:34 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation329-014 on Tape 329 (tape position 01:08:25–01:12:12)StartTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 10:31 AMEndTuesday, April 11, 1972 at 10:34 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 329-014 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417186227 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to process routine administrative tasks, including reviewing the President’s speech copy and finalizing a list of letters for his signature. The discussion focused on coordinating the review process with Charles W. Colson concerning correspondence for a list of 500 individuals. Additionally, the participants touched upon the logistical details regarding the President’s upcoming departure for a trip to Philadelphia.

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NARA Description

On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:31 am to 10:34 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 329-14

Date: April 6, 1972
Time: 10:31 am - 10:34 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Items for the President's signature

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:31 am.

     A speech
          -The President's reading copy

     Democrats
         -J. William Fulbright

     A list
              -Charles W. Colson's review
              -Letters

     The President's trip to Philadelphia
          -Departure

Butterfield and Bull left at 10:34 am.

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This is your reading copy here, sir.
I've got it, yeah.
There's not much in there.
Do you want, you know, Colson is going through this list of 500 people, shall we just?
Letters.
All right, letters to him.
Letters.
Yeah, to those that you know.
Yeah.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 329-014, April 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417186227). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-014 (accessed November 15, 2026).