Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 733 › Conversation 733-002
Nixon, Haldeman & Butterfield on Revenue sharing and Welfare reform
Wednesday, June 14, 1972 · 9:00 AM–10:04 AM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman, Alexander Butterfield, and Stephen Bull to coordinate administrative priorities, including the scheduling of upcoming Cabinet meetings and legislative strategies for revenue sharing and welfare reform. The discussion focused on managing congressional relations, particularly concerning Vietnam troop withdrawal amendments and the Foreign Affairs Committee, while also addressing concerns over potential political opposition from government interns and various staff salary structures. Nixon further reviewed his busy schedule, which included preparations for the state visit of Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez and debriefings regarding recent diplomatic trips to the Soviet Union.
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:00 am to 10:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 733-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 733-2
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: 9:00-10:04 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Cabinet meeting
-Timing
-Subjects for discussion
-The President’s previous visit to the Soviet Union
-William P. Rogers
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Domestic issues
-Flanigan
-Trade
-John D. Ehrlichman
Telephone calls
-Compared with letters
-Birthday greetings
-The President’s instructions
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 9:05 am Butterfield left at an unknown time after 9:05 am.
Letters and telephone calls to Congressmen
-Foreign Affairs Committee
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Democrats
-Republicans
-Telephone calls
-John L. McClellan
-Time element
-Clement P. Zablocki
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
-Compared to House
-Vote on floor on Vietnam
-Clark MacGregor
-Michael J. Mansfield amendment
-Vietnam troop withdrawal
-Chances of defeat
-Amendments
-John J. Sparkman’s role
Revenue sharing
-Chances of success in Congress
-Nelson A. Rockefeller on Capitol Hill
-George P. Shultz
Welfare bill
-Ehrlichman
-Welfare program
-The President’s view
-Draft
-MacGregor
-Social Security
-Passage in Congress
Revenue sharing
-Votes in Congress
-Wilbur D. Mills
-Support in Administration
-Robert H. Finch
Budget problems
-The President's vetoes
Kissinger
-Rogers
-Forthcoming meeting with the President
An unknown woman entered at an unknown time after 9:05 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Rogers and Kissinger
-Time
The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 10:04 am.
Rogers' trip itinerary
-Australia, New Zealand, and the US [UNZUS]
-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization [SEATO]
-John B. Connally
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 20m 25s ]
HALDEMAN TALKED WITH AN UNKNOWN PERSON AT AN UNKNOWN TIME
BETWEEN 9:05 AND 10:04 AM
[CONVERSATION NO. 733-2A]
[END OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION]
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White House staff salaries
-Younger staffers
-Older staff members
-The President’s view
-John C. Whitaker
-Patrick J. Buchanan
-Future
-William L. Safire
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Buchanan
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Buchanan
-Senior level
-Youth salaries
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 11m 43s ]
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William F. (“Billy”) Graham
-Explo '72 rally
-The President’s position
Presidential scholars
-Elliot L. Richardson
-The President’s participation
-Selection criteria
-Caspar W. Weinberger
-Michigan interns
-Support for George S. McGovern
-Government interns
-Abolition of program
-The President’s view
-Interns in Republican campaign organization
-White House
-Intership programs
-Presidential interns
-Spiro T. Agnew
-Tricia Nixon Cox
-Political leanings
-Haldeman's conversation with Richardson
-Selection process
-Advisory committees
-President’s Science Advisory Committee [PSAC]
-The President's selections
-Interns
-Political opposition to the President
Kissinger's appearance for Congressional briefing
-Location
-Weather
-Arrival of Luis Echeverria Alvarez
-Logistics
Head of State visit of Echeverria
-Political benefits
-Spanish-Americans
-Visits to Los Angeles, Texas, and Chicago
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 29s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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The President's position
-Trips to People's Republic of China [PRC] and Soviet Union
-The President's domestic opponents
-Effect of accomplishments
-Strategic Arms and Limitation Treaty [SALT]
-Republicans
Revenue sharing
-Shultz
-Lobbying
-Advantages to the President
-Welfare program
Presidential scholars
-Tour of White House
-Potential opposition to the President
-Department of Health, Education, and Welfare [HEW]
-Richardson
The President's schedule
-Florida
-Weather
-Echeverria
Report on the President's trip to the Soviet Union
-Butterfield
-Cabinet meeting
-Flanigan
-Peter G. Peterson’s trip to the Soviet Union
-Revenue sharing
-Rogers
-Aleksei N. Kosygin
-The President’s view
-Earl L. Butz
Cabinet meeting
-The President’s view
-Timing
-Agnew
-Subjects
-John D. Ehrlichman
-Butz
-Connally
Transportation exhibit at Dulles Airport
-John A. Volpe
-Problems
-Traffic jams
-Blue Angels
-Fatalities
Cabinet meeting
-Subjects
-Ehrlichman
-Availability
The President’s schedule
-Richardson
-House Resolution [HR] 1
-Cabinet meeting
-Echeverria
-Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
-Scheduling
-Press conference
-Scheduling
-Incumbent Republican Senators and Congressmen
-Scheduling
-Paul N. (“Pete”) McCloskey, Jr.
-John M. Ashbrook
McCloskey
-Statements on prisoners of war [POWs]
-Democratic response
Ashbrook
Tricia Nixon Cox
-"Merv Griffin Show"
-Rerun of wedding
-Audience
-Possible hostility
Protocol office
-William R. Codus
-Transfer to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's staff
-Informing Mrs. Nixon
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 9:05 am.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Kissinger and Rogers
The President, Bull, and Haldeman left at 10:04 am.Also recorded on June 14, 1972
- 733-003 10:04 AM — William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John L. McClellan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 11:07 am.
- 025-063 10:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at 10:45 am.
- 025-064 10:51 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John L. McClellan, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 10:51 am to 10:53 am.
- 733-004 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:15 am.
- 733-005 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:15 am.
- 733-006 11:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:15 am to 11:55 am.
- 733-007 11:55 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:16 pm.
- 733-008 12:30 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 1:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 733-002, June 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/733-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).