Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 810 › Conversation 810-007
Nixon & Butterfield on Commerce Department and Minority Business Enterprise
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 11:43 AM–11:53 AM ET · Oval Office · 52 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics regarding his upcoming schedule and specific departmental reports. The discussion encompassed the Commerce Department's Office of Minority Business Enterprise annual report and the planning of a meeting with conservative Jewish editors. Additionally, the pair addressed personal matters, including the handling of a coin display case and potential personnel inquiries involving associates in New York.
- Commerce Department
- Minority Business Enterprise
- Presidential scheduling
- Conservative Jewish thought
- H.R. Haldeman
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 810-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 810-7
Date: October 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:53 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
-Annual report of Commerce Department
-Office of Minority Business Enterprises
-Ideas Editors
-Ideas
-Conservative Jewish thought
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 27s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO.1
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Display case
-Coins
Butterfield left at 11:53 am.Also recorded on October 31, 1972
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 810-007, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/810-007 (accessed October 5, 2026).