Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 814 › Conversation 814-001

Nixon, Butterfield & Sanchez on Oval Office operations

Monday, November 13, 1972 · 9:05 AM–9:06 AM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Sanchez, ManoloConversation814-001 on Tape 814StartMonday, November 13, 1972 at 9:05 AMEndMonday, November 13, 1972 at 9:06 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 814-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met briefly with Alexander P. Butterfield and Manolo Sanchez in the Oval Office to discuss logistical arrangements regarding the President's workspace or personal staff operations. The exchange was extremely short, primarily serving to facilitate immediate administrative coordination before the participants exited the room. No significant policy decisions were reached during this one-minute interaction.

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NARA Description

On November 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:05 am to 9:06 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 814-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 814-1

Date: November 13, 1972
Time: 9:05 am - 9:06 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Manolo Sanchez.

       John V. (“Jack”) Brennan

Butterfield and Sanchez left at 9:06 am.

Also recorded on November 13, 1972

  • 814-002 9:06 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:06 am and 9:09 am.
  • 814-003 9:09 AM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, and John V. Brennan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 9:57 am.
  • 224-001 3:08 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:08 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 153-001 3:55 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 5:07 pm.
  • 224-002 3:55 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 224-003 3:55 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 5:01 pm.
  • 224-004 5:07 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 224-005 5:07 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:07 pm and 7:40 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 814-001, November 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/814-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).