Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 534 › Conversation 534-008

Nixon & Pontier on Sammy Davis Jr. and Office of Economic Opportunity

Thursday, July 1, 1971 · 12:06 PM–12:09 PM ET · Oval Office · 39 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Pontier, AndreyConversation534-008 on Tape 534 (tape position 03:19:37–03:20:44)StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 12:06 PMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 12:09 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 534-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with an aide, identified as Alexander P. Butterfield, to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion centered on arrangements for a meeting with entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Specifically, the participants addressed Davis's appointment to the National Advisory Board of the Office of Economic Opportunity.

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All right.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Andrey Pontier met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 534-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 534-8

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with an unknown man [Alexander P. Butterfield?].

     The President's schedule
          -Sammy Davis, Jr.
               -Membership commission on the National Advisory Board of Office of
                      Economic Opportunity
               -Arrangements for meeting

[Butterfield] left at an unknown time before 12:09 pm

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  • 534-004 10:26 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:27 am.
  • 534-005 10:27 AM · 1 hr 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, John D. Ehrlichman, Manolo Sanchez, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 11:49 am.
  • 534-006 11:49 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:49 am.
  • 534-007 11:50 AM · 15 min — Stephen B. Bull, Joseph H. Blatchford, Thomas R. Donnell, Jr., Charles H. Percy, Chet Holifield, Frank J. Horton, Arnold R. Weber, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:06 pm.
  • 534-009 12:06 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm.
  • 534-010 12:06 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:06 pm and 12:09 pm.
  • 534-011 12:09 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sammy Davis, Jr., Robert J. Brown, Henry C. Cashen, II, Jeffrey Donfeld, White House photographer, unknown person(s), Elliot L. Richardson, James D. Hodgson, George P. Shultz, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:09 pm to 1:38 pm.
  • 534-012 1:38 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 2:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 534-008, July 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/534-008 (accessed October 13, 2026).