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Nixon & Manfield on Personal conversation and Travel

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 8:02 AM–8:03 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Manfield, AnneConversation707-002 on Tape 707 (tape position 00:04:03–00:05:17)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 8:02 AMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 8:03 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 707-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief, informal meeting with Anne Mansfield to discuss personal matters and upcoming travel plans. Their conversation touched upon recent family discussions and the logistics of an impending wedding. The President concluded the interaction with a lighthearted request for souvenirs from the trip.

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NARA Description

On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Anne Manfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:02 am to 8:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 707-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 707-2

Date: April 12, 1972
Time: 8:02 am - 8:03 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with Anne Mansfield.

[See Conversation No. 22-115]

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So, I didn't want to wake you up so early on your wedding day, but I was talking to your good senator last night and heard all about it and just want to wish you the very, very happy occasion and then of course many happy years.
Yeah, I think you were probably getting all ready for everything.
Yeah.
Yes, well, you know, he's... Well, of course, they're both going, yeah, we had a long talk last night.
We didn't get home too late for supper, but we had a good talk.
Tell him to bring me back some souvenirs.
At the wedding, Preston.

Also recorded on April 12, 1972

  • 022-114 7:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:02 am.
  • 707-001 7:58 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:58 am and 8:02 am.
  • 022-115 8:02 AM · 57 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Anne Manfield talked on the telephone from 8:02 am to 8:03 am.
  • 707-003 8:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 8:05 am.
  • 707-004 8:05 AM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 10:14 am.
  • 707-005 10:14 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:26 am.
  • 707-006 10:26 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 707-007 10:26 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 707-002, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/707-002 (accessed November 15, 2026).