Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 733 › Conversation 733-007
Nixon, Ziegler & Butterfield on State Dinner and Luis Echeverría Álvarez
Wednesday, June 14, 1972 · 11:55 AM–12:16 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and Ronald L. Ziegler to coordinate administrative and diplomatic logistics. The primary focus involved planning a state dinner for Mexican President Luis Echeverría Álvarez, including guest list management, entertainment, and the participation of astronauts. Additionally, Nixon and Ziegler reviewed press briefing strategies regarding foreign policy, specifically covering Henry Kissinger’s upcoming trip to China, Soviet diplomatic activity, and the SALT negotiations.
- State Dinner
- Luis Echeverría Álvarez
- Diplomatic Logistics
- Foreign Policy
- Press Relations
- Henry Kissinger
- SALT
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 14, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 733-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 733-7
Date: June 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Luis Echeverria Alvarez's visit
-Head of State dinner
-Astronauts
-Gift
-Entertainment
-Pete Fountain
Rose Mary Woods entered at 11:58 am.
-Presidential gift
-Timing
-Astronauts
-Timing
-Entertainment
-Entertainment
-Fountain
The President’s schedule
-Astronauts
-Echeverria
-Astronauts
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:10 pm.
Head of State dinner for Echeverria
-The President's presence
-Charles W. Colson
-Astronauts' entrance
-Logistics
-Guests
-Family
-White House staff
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Herbert G. Klein
-Robert H. Finch
-Guest lists
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Maurice H. Stans
-Colson
-Harry S. Dent
-Harry S. Flemming
-Ann C. Whitman
-Dr. W. Kenneth Riland
-Nelson A. Rockefeller
-Mexican-Americans
-Future state dinners
-The President’s view
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 6m 52s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 12:10 pm.
Press conference
-Nikolai V. Podgorny’s trip to Hanoi
-Kissinger’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Moscow summit
-Agreement by both sides
-Importance
-Details of trip
-William P. Rogers
-Trip to Asia
-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization [SEATO]
-Future announcement
-Strategic Arms and Limitation Tretaty [SALT]
Ziegler left at 12:12 pm.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 8m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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White House functions
-Dinners
-The President's view
-Fundraisers
-Stans
-Political dinners
-The President’s view
-George S. McGovern supporters
-The President's attitude
-Woods’s view
-Problems
-Preparation
-Speech
-Television
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Guest lists
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 1m 18s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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The President and Woods left at 12:26 pm.Also recorded on June 14, 1972
- 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.
- 733-008 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.
- 025-065 1:05 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:18 pm.
- 343-017 1:05 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:18 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 733-007, 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/733-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).