Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 763 › Conversation 763-017
United States Secret Service agents on Alexander Butterfield and Camp David
Monday, August 7, 1972 · 1:22 PM–3:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 47 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate an extensive schedule of upcoming appointments, including a dinner at Camp David and various Cabinet-level engagements. They reviewed lists of potential attendees for these events and discussed the logistical roles of key staff members, such as H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. Stephen B. Bull later joined the discussion to finalize details for a meeting with Virginia legislators, specifically addressing gift procurement and protocol for the delegation's visit.
- White House scheduling
- Alexander Butterfield
- Camp David
- Cabinet meetings
- Virginia legislators
Audio
NARA Description
On August 7, 1972, United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 763-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 763-17
Date: August 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
Greetings
An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and
3:01 pm.
[Conversation No. 763-17A]
The President’s location
-Oval office
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[End of telephone conversation]
An unknown person talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and
3:01 pm.
[Conversation No.763-17B]
The President’s location
-EOB
[End of telephone conversation]Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on August 7, 1972
- 763-015 11:24 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 1:18 pm.
- 763-016 11:24 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 1:18 pm.
- 362-010 1:22 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 362-011 1:22 PM · 46 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 362-012 1:22 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:22 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 763-018 2:48 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:01 pm.
- 763-019 3:01 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Virginia Democratic leaders, including Leslie D. Campbell, Jr., Warren Davis, William M. Dudley, Walther B. Fidler, Calvin W. Fowler, Elmon T. Gray, Frederick T. Gray, Charles W. Gunn, Jr., Edward E. Lane, Paul W. Manns, George N. McMath, B.R. Middleton, William F. Parkerson, Jr., Lacy E. Putney, Randall O. Reynolds, Eleanor P. Sheppard, D. French Slaughter, Jr., W. Roy Smith, Edward E. Willey, J. D. Stetson Coleman, John O. Marsh, Jr., J. Smith Ferebee, Richard T. Short, James F. Olmsted, Richard D. Obenshain, Thomas R. Glass, Fitzgerald Bemiss, Mills E. Godwin, Russell M. Carneal, Robert B. Ball, Sr., and Herbert Bateman, as well as Stephen B. Bull, Herbert Bateman, as well as the White House photographer, met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:01 pm to 3:45 pm.
- 763-020 3:45 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 763-017, August 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/763-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).