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Conversation 336-006

TapeTape 336StartFriday, May 5, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndFriday, May 5, 1972 at 3:35 PMTape start time00:03:27Tape end time00:07:04ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to finalize logistical details for an upcoming Duke Law School dinner to be hosted at the White House. The discussion focused on event flow, including seating arrangements, venue selection for the pre-dinner cocktail hour, and the designation of the East Room for refreshments. Nixon also established a strict speaking order and duration for guest speakers, specifically limiting remarks by Dean Joseph T. Sneed and Kenneth Rush to three minutes each.

Duke Law SchoolEvent PlanningWhite House LogisticsPublic RelationsKenneth RushJoseph T. Sneed
AudioNARA Description

On May 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 336-6

Date: May 5, 1972
Time: 3:30 - 3:35 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Camp David trip
         -Reading material

     President’s schedule
          -Duke Law School dinner
                -Number attending
                -Tables
                -Arrangements
                      -Number attending
                      -Seating
                -Drinks
                      -Grand Hall

                                        (rev. Nov-01)
                      -East Room
                 -White House photographer
                 -Tables
                      -Meeting with law school dean
                 -Number of regrets
                 -Remarks
                      -[David] Kenneth Rush
                      -Dean Joseph T. Sneed

Butterfield left at 3:35 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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We're going to have about 68 or 70 people on that date.
Yeah.
Just a question on that part of it.
I don't want to get too into it.
We don't want to keep them far home.
We're going to have to put them down.
I'm sorry they're going to have their drinks.
You better have drinks before you put them in the hall.
You sure you can't just have them have their drinks, but each one would make it easier.
Grand Coral's not a place to have drinks.
No, it's not warm.
No, sir.
Yeah.
And I just think you better put them in the east room and have food and everything.
Don't lie about the country.
Have them come and have their drinks for 15 minutes before I get so they can all have it themselves.
You understand?
I do.
So that I don't have to leave.
The Dean of the Wall Street Congress.
Not very many regrets.
Only six regrets so far.
A couple we haven't had.
Let him out.
Let the dean speak.
Let Rush speak.
Rush, as he said to the government, asked him to talk to the chair.
Three minutes.
To the dean, three minutes.
To Rush, three minutes.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.
Well, you had a busy day.
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