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Nixon & Butterfield on George P. Shultz and White House dinners

Tuesday, September 19, 1972 · 11:40 AM–11:45 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation783-010 on Tape 783StartTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 11:40 AMEndTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 11:45 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 783-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to finalize the logistical arrangements for a formal dinner honoring Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. They reviewed the guest list of approximately 60 attendees, which included various government officials and former Treasury Secretaries who were slated to provide toasts. The President requested a briefing folder to review the event's schedule and the planned sequence of remarks before the dinner.

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It's a bigger dinner than I thought it was.
There's about 60 people there.
Well, then I probably shouldn't be here.
I don't know whether you want to see the marks prepare.
Oh, hell no.
Nothing like that.
No big thing.
I have a guess.
I don't know whether or not it's just about these guys.
As far as I care, it's a trillion.
That's right.
Give it what I have of it.
quite a few Federal Reserve Board officials, congressmen who have special interests in Treasury Department affairs, Treasury officials, and wives, a total of about 60 people, made of black tie and street cloth.
And each of the former secretaries of Treasury will give a toast to George.
Well, I'll just leave the folder with me.
All right, just to look at it.
My view would be, I'd go by .
Okay, so .
All right, sir.

NARA Description

On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:40 am to 11:45 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 783-10

Date: September 19, 1972
Time: 11:40 am - 11:45 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

              The President's schedule
                  -Dinner for George P. Shultz
                      -Butterfield’s conversation with Schultz
                      -Timing
                      -Size
                      -Possible remarks by the President
                      -Guest list
                           -Former Treasury Department Secretaries, Federal Reserve Board
                           [FRB] officials, Congressmen, Treasury Department officials, wives
                      -Timing
                      -Toast
                           -Timing
                      -Folder
                      -Timing

Butterfield left at 11:45 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 783-010, September 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/783-010 (accessed October 1, 2026).