President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and personal aide Manolo Sanchez in the Oval Office to facilitate the administrative handling of a Dictabelt recording. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was the transfer of the recording for delivery to Marjorie P. Acker. No further policy or substantive discussions were recorded during this session.
On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 9:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 767-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 767-15
Date: August 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:28 am and 9:35 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and an unknown person [Manolo Sanchez?].
Dictabelt
-Delivery to Marjorie P. Acker
Butterfield and the unknown person [Sanchez?] left at an unknown time before 9:35 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.