Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 788 › Conversation 788-019
Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on Charles W. Colson and White House Administration
Friday, September 29, 1972 · 6:30 PM–6:36 PM ET · Oval Office · 33 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull to discuss the scheduling and administrative arrangements regarding Charles W. Colson. The brief conversation served to coordinate logistics for Colson’s upcoming activities. No major policy decisions were recorded during this short administrative review.
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NARA Description
On September 29, 1972, 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 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 788-19
Date: September 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Stephen B. Bull.
Charles W. Colson's schedule
Butterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 6:36 pm.Also recorded on September 29, 1972
- 788-018 5:15 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 6:30 pm.
- 788-016 5:16 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 788-017 5:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
- 788-020 6:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 788-021 6:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm.
- 030-032 6:42 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward W. Carter talked on the telephone from 6:42 pm to 6:44 pm.
- 030-033 6:44 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972.
- 030-034 6:44 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox and Anne C. B. (Finch) Cox talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 6:44 pm on September 29, 1972 and 11:52 am on September 30, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 788-019, 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/788-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).