Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 788 › Conversation 788-002
Nixon & Butterfield on State dinners and Guest lists
Friday, September 29, 1972 · 10:45 AM–10:50 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
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President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and finalize the guest lists for upcoming state dinners honoring British Foreign Secretary Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko. The discussion focused on coordinating the attendance of various cabinet members and political officials, including Melvin Laird, Richard Kleindienst, and Elliot Richardson. The session concluded with the President confirming administrative details regarding the invitations and confirming the status of preparations.
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NARA Description
On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:45 am to 10:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 788-2
Date: September 29, 1972
Time: 10:45 am - 10:50 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's list to forthcoming state dinners
-Dinner for Sir Alexander F. Douglas-Home
-Melvin R. Laird
-Richard G. Kleindienst
-Additions
-John H. (“Jack”) Whitney
-Elliot L. Richardson
-George P. Shultz
-Richardson
-George W. Romney
-James D. Hodgson
-John A. Volpe
-Richardson
-Andrei A. Gromyko dinner
-Results
Butterfield left at 10:50 am.Also recorded on September 29, 1972
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- 788-001 9:45 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Maurice Schumann, Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:45 am to 10:45 am.
- 788-003 10:51 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 10:53 am.
- 788-004 10:54 AM · 2 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 10:54 am and 11:07 am.
- 788-005 10:56 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arthur F. Burns, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 11:07 am.
- 788-006 11:07 AM · 23 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 12:03 pm.
- 788-007 12:03 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm.
- 788-008 12:11 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:11 pm to 2:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 788-002, September 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/788-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).