Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 714 › Conversation 714-018

Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on White House gifts and Bob Hope

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 1:10 PM–4:18 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 min

ParticipantsButterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation714-018 on Tape 714 (tape position 03:58:58–04:02:43)StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 1:10 PMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 4:18 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 714-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and Stephen Bull to discuss administrative arrangements for White House gifts and the President's upcoming schedule. The participants coordinated the distribution of customized putters intended for political contributors and reviewed logistical details for an upcoming meeting with Bob Hope. The discussion also included a brief review of photographs involving astronauts and preparations for the President’s scheduled appearances.

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Position in tape: 03:58:58 – 04:02:43

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NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 4:18 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 714-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 714-18

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 4:18 pm
Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull.

     Unknown object for the President

     Astronauts
          -Butterfield's and Bull's involvement in unknown event
          -Pictures

The President entered at 4:13 pm.

     Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope
           -Location

     The President’s schedule

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     White House gifts
          -Putters
                -Hope
                -Quantity
                -Contributors

Butterfield left at 4:16 pm.

                 -Cost

     Hope
            -Meeting with the President
                -Photographs
                      -Oliver F. (“Ollie”) Atkins
                      -Weather

Bull left at an unknown time before 4:18 pm.

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Yes, before it gets too unpopular, I want to do this.
OK.
I'm going to ask them if you want to see this.
OK, what?
Give them this.
OK. Did you see this thing to the astronauts?
That wasn't you, right?
No, I wasn't here.
I didn't see it.
I thought you might have been.
I think the rest of them didn't.
You want to see it?
That's unfair.
Yeah.
Let's get this through attention before we start these pictures.
Did you hear that?
I don't play golf at all.
But it's something that maybe someone like Bob Hoover will see in a golf match.
We're going to get about 10, maybe 10 things.
We're going to get about 10, maybe 10 things.
We're going to get about 10, maybe 10 things.
Oh, I'll be at 439th.
You've got to get the picture before it rains.

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Little colorful things you might want to give to someone like Bob Hogan.
I don't think they're lousy putters.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 714-018, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/714-018 (accessed November 2, 2026).