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

ParticipantsButterfield, Alexander P.;  Bull, Stephen B.;  Nixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation714-018 onTape 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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Transcript (AI-generated)

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3:59:11I'm going to take it to the time for Julie.
3:59:13I got to be seven.
3:59:14Five.
3:59:15I'm going to go leave.
4:00:10Yeah, yeah, we're on POV apparently.
4:00:17Okay, yeah.
4:00:49Yes, before he gets thrown in the public, I want to do this.
4:00:52OK.
4:00:52I'm going to ask him if you want to see this.
4:00:55OK, what?
4:00:57Give him this.
4:00:58OK. Did you see this thing to the astronauts?
4:00:59That wasn't mine.
4:01:00No, it wasn't here.
4:01:02I mean, the other person might have been.
4:01:04Correct me if I'm wrong.
4:01:05You want to see it?
4:01:09That's unparalleled.
4:01:12Yeah.
4:01:12When I see it, it's very tempting for me to set up these pictures.
4:01:18Can you hear it?
4:02:02I don't play golf at all.
4:02:04But it's something that maybe someone like Bob Hoover will stick in a golf bag.
4:02:09We're going to get about 10, maybe 10,000 cars for contributors.
4:02:17Do you want to make a rough time, sir?
4:02:21Oh, I'll be at 439, Tom.

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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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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[Duration: 14s ]

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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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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 September 18, 2026).