Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 783-024 Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1972 at 3:13 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P. Recording device: Oval Office Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/783-024 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:06] Sir, John's on my left. [1:06] Thank you. [1:33] We've got three little dinky things already on the table. [1:52] Gale Sayers, the band of M&M's. [1:54] Oh, sure. [2:02] Bill's survivor's benefit plan for retired officers coming in in congressional relations. [2:07] Staff, Mel Laird, and early friend Colson strongly recommend that you sign this at a ceremony. [2:14] It's the bill. [2:15] It gives an increase in the benefits for retired officers since the re-computation was killed. [2:23] It's the most best thing. [2:26] That's a big gain. [2:27] And the only other one is [2:32] The only other one is that Henry Strube is an imperial potentate of the Shrine of North America. [3:36] The Secret Service is stretched very thin. [3:38] We're using agents in order to do the job. [3:44] You'll check to see if Bob Hall is here. [3:52] I'll have to find out what he told us. [3:56] It's going to go on. [3:59] That's fine. [4:00] Thank you. [4:09] Out.