Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 808 › Conversation 808-003

Nixon & Butterfield on Document signing and Vetoed legislation

Friday, October 27, 1972 · 11:16 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation808-003 on Tape 808StartFriday, October 27, 1972 at 11:16 AMEndFriday, October 27, 1972 at 11:16 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 808-003 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize administrative tasks regarding the President's daily schedule and pending document signings. The discussion focused on the processing of specific legislative items, including a memorandum of disapproval for a vetoed bill and House Resolution 1. The session concluded with instructions for the scheduling of these formal actions.

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This is the round.
Just go.
It should be signed up.
You can do it on the 9th.

NARA Description

On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 808-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 808-3

Date: October 27, 1972
Time: 11:16 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

         The President's schedule
             -Document signing
                 -Vetoed legislation
                      -Memorandum of disapproval
                 -House Resolution [HR] 1

Butterfield left at 11:16 am.

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  • 808-004 11:16 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:16 am.
  • 808-005 11:16 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Harold Lee, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:16 am to 11:41 am.
  • 808-006 11:41 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:41 am to 11:42 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 808-003, October 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/808-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).