Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 730 › Conversation 730-005

Nixon & Butterfield on Richard G. Kleindienst and Cabinet appointments

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 11:10 AM–11:15 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation730-005 on Tape 730 (tape position 02:24:48–02:29:37)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 11:10 AMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 11:15 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 730-005 ↗

President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield met to coordinate the logistics and protocol for upcoming cabinet swearing-in ceremonies, specifically focusing on the transitions involving the Treasury and the Justice Department. The discussion covered the scheduling of events, the sequence of oaths for officials such as Richard G. Kleindienst, and the administrative details regarding ceremonial gifts like pens. The President also reviewed the professional history of past Attorneys General and Treasury Secretaries to ensure proper commemorative arrangements.

Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.

No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:10 am to 11:15 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 730-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 730-5

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 11:10-11:15 am.
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield .

     Tricia Nixon Cox

     The President's schedule for swearings-in
          -Timing
          -George P. Shultz
          -Number of Attorneys General
          -Number of Secretaries of the Treasury
          -Gifts for ceremony
                -Pens
          -Order of swearing-in
                -Richard G. Kleindienst

     [No conversation]

     Number of Secretaries of the Treasury and Attorneys General

Butterfield left at 11:15 am.
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Conversation 730-005, June 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/730-005 (accessed September 30, 2026).