Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 767 › Conversation 767-015

Nixon, Butterfield & Sanchez on Dictabelt and Administrative logistics

Friday, August 11, 1972 · 9:28 AM–9:35 AM ET · Oval Office ·17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.;  Sanchez, ManoloConversation767-015 onTape 767StartFriday, August 11, 1972 at 9:28 AMEndFriday, August 11, 1972 at 9:35 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 767-015 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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.

Also recorded on August 11, 1972

  • 767-007 8:16 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:16 am and 8:55 am.
  • 767-010 8:55 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:55 am to 9:28 am.
  • 767-011 9:28 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 9:35 am.
  • 767-012 9:28 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 9:35 am.
  • 767-013 9:28 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 9:35 am.
  • 767-014 9:28 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 9:35 am.
  • 767-016 9:35 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:36 am.
  • 767-017 10:36 AM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:36 am to 11:08 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 767-015, August 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/767-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).