Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 535 › Conversation 535-024

Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on White House logistics and Mrs. Juan Velasco

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 1:06 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsBull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation535-024 on Tape 535 (tape position 04:00:19–04:01:26)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 1:06 PMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 1:06 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 535-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate scheduling details regarding a forthcoming luncheon for Mrs. Juan Velasco. The discussion centered on logistics involving the First Lady and considerations related to the weather. The participants finalized the arrangements before departing together.

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All right.
All right.
Yeah, always do.
OK.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander P. Butterfield, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 535-24

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: 1:06 pm
Location: Oval Office

Stephen B. Bull met with Alexander P. Butterfield (?).

     Forthcoming luncheon for Mrs. Juan Velasco
          -Mrs. Nixon
               -Schedule arrangements
                    -The President's knowledge

The President entered at 1:06 pm

     Schedule arrangements
          -Mrs. Nixon
          -Weather

The President, Bull and Butterfield left at 1:06 pm

Also recorded on July 2, 1971

  • 535-017 12:02 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Chalmers P. Wylie met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:12 pm.
  • 535-018 12:02 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:02 pm to 12:13 pm.
  • 535-019 12:13 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas E. Carroll, Hadlai A. Hull, William T. Pecora, Nathaniel P. Reed, Pinkney Walker, Frank G. Zark, Frederic V. Malek, and Daniel T. Kinsley met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:13 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 535-020 12:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:16 pm.
  • 535-021 12:16 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:19 pm.
  • 535-022 12:20 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:25 pm.
  • 535-023 12:25 PM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:25 pm.
  • 535-025 1:06 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:06 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 535-024, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/535-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).