Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 362 › Conversation 362-014

Nixon, Colson & Butterfield on John B. Connally and Political strategy

Monday, August 7, 1972 · 5:22 PM–6:23 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation362-014 on Tape 362StartMonday, August 7, 1972 at 5:22 PMEndMonday, August 7, 1972 at 6:23 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 362-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson to review materials and discuss John B. Connally’s recent schedule and activities. The conversation touched upon political optics and the momentum of ongoing initiatives. Alexander P. Butterfield briefly joined the meeting toward its conclusion before the participants departed.

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NARA Description

On August 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 362-14

Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:22 pm and 6:23 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Charles W. Colson.

             Greetings

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield between 5:23 pm and 5:24 pm.

[Conversation No. 362-14A]

[See Conversation No. 29-36]

[End of telephone conversation]

             Materials for the President

             Colson’s previous meeting with John B. Connally
                 -Connally’s schedule

             [No conversation]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 47m 37s    ]

Butterfield entered at 6:18 pm.

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Colson left at 6:20 pm.

The President and Butterfield left at 6:23 pm.

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Since we've gone all out, we've ordered that .
It's pretty early now.
No, no, no, no.
There was nothing.
I didn't know that.
He had just started.
He was racing through the grave, the things he was doing.
He was very, very up.
Good things were going for us.
He'd like to go when you see that.
But he borrowed it the day after.
There's no need for it.

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  • 763-027 4:33 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:33 pm and 4:34 pm.
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  • 029-034 4:34 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger, Arthur F. Burns, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:21 pm.
  • 029-035 4:34 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 362-013 5:22 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 5:23 pm.
  • 029-036 5:23 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:24 pm.
  • 029-037 5:24 PM · 10 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 7:50 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 362-014, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-014 (accessed November 15, 2026).