Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 746 › Conversation 746-008

Nixon, Burke & Allen on White House Tours and Presidential Gifts

Saturday, July 1, 1972 · 10:04 AM–11:05 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Burke, Tim; Allen, Larry; Hester, James; Barela, Tillie; Cullen, Jo Ann; Bowen, Marsha; Falk, James H.; Rhatican, William F.; Ball, Neal; White House photographerConversation746-008 on Tape 746StartSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 10:04 AMEndSaturday, July 1, 1972 at 11:05 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 746-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with a group of visitors from Kansas City to host a formal photograph session and provide a tour of the White House. The discussion included the display of Soviet gifts presented to the President by Leonid Brezhnev and the distribution of presidential souvenirs to the guests. Additionally, the President reviewed scheduling details regarding upcoming events, including the Future Homemakers Convention and the travel plans of his family members.

White House Tours
Presidential Gifts
Photography Session
Future Homemakers Convention
Public Relations

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Jim.

How are you doing?

I'm here with us.

Okay.

All right.

Oh, hey.

Oh, yes.

All right.

Well, let's see.

I think they want to get it.

Stand right there.

Let's see.

You can get it inside.

No, I can't.

Wait a second.

I don't know.

Well, I was hoping that I couldn't leave your house.

You're looking at me.

Why?

What's this?

Oh, I'm calling you.

I'm calling you.

If I could see it.

And they will have a shot at it.

Oh, we got that.

Over there.

We'll give them a special tour.

So there, we've had one of these lines, the Russians.

Here's one here.

That's a very, very old thing.

I don't know.

to seal it right up to the seal above.

And here it is on the time bar.

And for the girls, along with the second, which also had the second.

So if you see this at all, I guess I have to just wish you the very best.

I hope you enjoy your visit.

I was there having, I think over this morning, I was there for a public tour, but it should be finished by now.

I started previously with the public third.

You know, the public thirds, there are hundreds of people.

You know, there aren't a lot of people concerned.

We'll take a little more time.

We'll show you some of the rooms.

But if you could, some of those, we'll start out in the cabin room.

Yeah, can I see the cabin room?

I guess, yes.

Start in the cabin room.

They didn't see that.

Yeah, right.

We try to send those to all of them.

July July July July July July July

I don't think she can be there.

Send it in the hall so that he knows what the dates are.

We may buy some money.

Thank you.

Have a good one.

All right.

Bye.

Yeah.

Oh, that's right.

Happy 4th of July.

Have some firecrackers.

Blow your fingers off.

They did?

Great.

Yeah.

NARA Description

On July 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Tim Burke, Larry Allen, James Hester, Tillie Barela, Jo Ann Cullen, Marsha Bowen, James H. Falk, William F. Rhatican, Neal Ball, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 746-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 746-8

Date: July 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:04 am and 11:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Press
                -Photograph session
                      -Earlier meeting
          -James H. Falk

The President met with Tim Burke, Larry Allen, James Hester, Tillie Barela, Jo Ann Cullen,
Marsha Bowen, Falk, William F. Rhatican, and Neal Ball. The White House photographer and
members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.

     Introductions
          -Kansas City

     Arrangements for photograph session

     [Photograph session]
          -Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
          -Edward R.F. Cox

     Signing of 26th Amendment
          -Anniversary

     Tour of White House
          -Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s schedule
          -White House Tour office
          -Soviet gifts to the President
                 -Leonid I. Brezhnev

     Presentation of gifts by the President
          -Tie bar

                 -Presidential seal
           -Presidential seal
                 -Rugs
                 -Pins

      Tour of White House
           -Cabinet Room

      The President’s schedule

      Future Homemakers Convention July 10-14, 1972
           -Los Angeles
           -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
                  -Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
                  -[Dwight] David Eisenhower, II
                       -Florida
                  -California
           -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

      Fourth of July wishes

Burke et al., except Bull left at 11:02 am.

      Future Homemakers Convention
           -Julie Nixon Eisenhower
           -Los Angeles
           -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
           -Tricia Nixon Cox

Bull left at an unknown time before 11:03 am.

Also recorded on July 1, 1972

746-004 9:45 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:04 am.
746-005 9:45 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:04 am.
746-006 10:04 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:53 am.
746-007 10:04 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 10:53 am.
103-011 10:05 AM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and representatives of the maritime industry and labor unions, including Jesse M. Calhoon, Leo V. Berger, Edwin A. Johnson, Joseph Kahn, Chung C. Wei, John R. Gilbride, James F. Goodrich, Samuel D. Timmons, Walter F. William, Charles W. Colson, Peter G. Peterson, Helen B. Bentley, Walter Oates, James T. Lynn, Andrew E. Gibson, and Robert J. Blackwell, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:40 am.
104-001 10:40 AM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:40 am on July 1, 1972 and 10:16 am on July 21, 1972.
104-002 10:40 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:40 am on July 1, 1972 and 10:16 am on July 21, 1972.
104-003 10:40 AM · 1 min — a White House tour group met in the Cabinet Room of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 10:40 am on July 1, 1972 and 10:16 am on July 21, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 746-008, July 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/746-008 (accessed September 30, 2026).