Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 767 › Conversation 767-023

Nixon, Sloan & Murray on White House staff and Presidential gifts

Friday, August 11, 1972 · 1:02 AM–1:09 AM ET · Oval Office ·5 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Sloan, Deborah ("Murray"); Sloan, Hugh W., Jr.; Murray, William A.; Murray, William A. (Mrs.); Murray, Laurie; Bull, Stephen B.; White House photographerConversation767-023 onTape 767StartFriday, August 11, 1972 at 1:02 AMEndFriday, August 11, 1972 at 1:09 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 767-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon hosted a brief farewell meeting in the Oval Office for departing White House staffer Deborah Sloan and her family. The informal gathering included introductions of the Murray and Sloan families, the taking of official photographs, and the presentation of commemorative gifts featuring the Presidential seal. The conversation touched on casual topics, including the gender of Sloan's unborn child and the education plans of Laurie Murray, before the guests departed.

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Well, thank you very much.

Well, we just hope that

We're glad that you're at the population in the right way.

On our side.

It's too bad we'll be on the phone.

I'm not sure.

We'll take two sessions.

That's one day.

The first day, the chapter's behind you.

All right.

Second description.

No, that's all right.

We get one, two, and it's right away.

Now we're going to cut this.

Now, let's look out here.

There we are.

Now, we've made the round.

Well, we appreciate all of you both for coming.

I'd like to give you a question.

I would like to ask you a question.

Every time I say yes.

Thank God.

I hope you do.

Here's your lower compact view.

This is for Margettson.

That's the seal.

Thank you.

Somebody had ever surpassed me.

Now, I don't think anyone goes through it like that.

And it made me know I could start as a pastor after he broke through the breakdown.

All the way.

Thank you for being a boy or a girl.

You're sure of that?

NARA Description

On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Deborah ("Murray") Sloan, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., William A. Murray, Mrs. William A. Murray, Laurie Murray, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 am and 1:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 767-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 767-23

Date: August 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:02 pm and 1:09 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

       The President’s previous meeting with the Donald McI. Kendall family
            -The Kendall sons
                  -The President’s view
                  -Mrs. Nixon’s view

Deborah (Murray) Sloan, Hugh W. Sloan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William A. Murray, and Laurie
Murray entered at 1:04 pm; Stephen B. Bull and the White House photographer were present at
the beginning of the meeting.

       Greetings

       Introductions
             -Mr. and Mrs. William Murray
             -Deborah Sloan
             -Hugh Sloan

       New baby

       Photographs
            -Arrangements

       Deborah Sloan's departure from White House staff

                                            (rev. Nov-03)

               -Previous memoranda from Sloan

       Gifts
               -Compact
               -Cuff links
               -Pin
                     -Presidential seal
               -Bow pin
                     -Presidential seal

       Laurie Murray
             -Age

       Mr. and Mrs. William Murray
            -Cleveland

       Jim Brown
            -Previous meeting with the President
                  -1972 election activities
            -Football career

       Washington Redskins
           -Baltimore Colts
           -George E. Allen

       The President's appreciation to Deborah Sloan

       Laurie Murray's plans
             -Texas Christian University [TCU]
                  -Fort Worth, Texas

       Sex of Deborah Sloan’s baby

Mrs. Nixon et al. left at 1:09 pm.

Also recorded on August 11, 1972

767-022 1:02 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 am and 1:04 am.
767-001 7:56 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:02 am.
767-002 8:02 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:02 am and 8:07 am.
767-003 8:07 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:15 am.
767-004 8:07 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:15 am.
767-005 8:07 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Jeremiah Milbank, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 8:15 am.
767-006 8:15 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:15 am to 8:16 am.
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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 767-023, 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/767-023 (accessed September 18, 2026).