Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 712 › Conversation 712-004
Nixon, MacGregor & Bull on Sequoia and Executive travel
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 4:56 PM–5:00 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinated with staff members Stephen Bull, Clark MacGregor, and Alexander Butterfield to arrange a private trip aboard the presidential yacht, the Sequoia. The participants finalized the logistics for a late afternoon departure and dinner, while also briefly discussing the timing of an urgent telephone call to be placed by the President. These arrangements were intended to facilitate an informal meeting away from the office.
- Sequoia
- Presidential schedule
- Logistics
- Clark MacGregor
- Executive travel
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Clark MacGregor, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 712-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 712-4
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:56 pm and 5:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Stephen B. Bull.
Sequoia
-Availability
-Arrangements
The President talked with Clark MacGregor between 5:00 and 5:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 712-4A]
[See Conversation No. 23-23]
[End of telephone conversation]
Sequoia arrangements
-Time
-Dinner
-Sailing
The President left at an unknown time before 5:03 pm.
Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 5:01 pm.
The President's schedule
-Sequoia trip
-Time
-Telephone call
Bull and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 5:03 pm.Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 023-022 4:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 712-002 4:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 712-003 4:56 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:56 pm and 5:00 pm.
- 023-023 5:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 5:00 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 712-005 5:01 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:03 pm.
- 712-006 5:01 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, Clark MacGregor, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 023-024 5:32 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
- 712-007 5:32 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:33 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 712-004, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/712-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).