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Conversation 735-005

TapeTape 735StartThursday, June 15, 1972 at 12:45 PMEndThursday, June 15, 1972 at 12:49 PMTape start time02:13:16Tape end time02:15:04ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield discuss logistics for an upcoming Cabinet meeting and associated photo opportunity. They finalize plans for the President to deliver remarks regarding his recent trip to the Soviet Union following the session. Nixon provides specific instructions on the arrangement of the group and dictates that official photographs be taken without the attendees present.

Cabinet meetingSoviet UnionWhite House photographyGOP platformLogistics
AudioNARA Description

On June 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 735-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 735-005

Date: June 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:45 and 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

      Cabinet meeting
          -John D. Ehrlichman

            -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
            -John J. Rhodes
                  -Republican party platform
                        -Domestic agenda
            -Photographs
            -The President's remarks
                  -Soviet Union [USSR] trip
            -Size of group
            -Maurice H. Stans
            -John N. Mitchell
            -Photographs
                  -Subjects

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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This cabinet of John Ruthen has proposed, and I think Alderman has gone a long way, to have John Ruthen started by the GOP platform.
So that's just going to be good.
You know what I think?
Very nice.
We'll have the photo before.
We'll have the photo and then have that, and I'll give him a little talk on the Russian.
Yeah, really big thing.
I have to.
I'll do it at the end.
All right.
Good.
And is this session special for those that sit in?
You know, we can try to win them, but those that sit in?
No.
We're going to have to stand in?
Well, essentially, stand in is special.
In this case, you can have a good group of, this could be a very, you know, more, a bigger crowd.
I don't mind having fairly, fairly large.
Except that, except that for the picture, I would have the picture without any people.
All right.
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