Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 848 › Conversation 848-012

Nixon, Scowcroft & Larzelere on White House photography and Coast Guard

Monday, February 5, 1973 · 12:42 PM–12:45 PM ET · Oval Office · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.); White House photographer; Larzelere, Alexander R. (Cmdr.); Larzelere, Alexander R., Jr.; Larzelere, William; Larzelere, Paul; Bull, Stephen B.Conversation848-012 on Tape 848StartMonday, February 5, 1973 at 12:42 PMEndMonday, February 5, 1973 at 12:45 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 848-012 ↗

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President Nixon met with Cmdr. Alexander R. Larzelere and his family in the Oval Office, accompanied by Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft and Stephen B. Bull, to conduct a brief social visit and photo session. During the meeting, the President expressed his appreciation for the Commander's professional performance and discussed his transition into a new role within the Congressional affairs office. The conversation also touched upon the Coast Guard’s participation in the recent Inaugural Parade and the distribution of small gifts to the Larzelere children.

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Yes, sir.
How are you?
How are you?
Nice to see you.
Thanks for your voice.
You're number two, right?
The youngest.
That's great.
Well, thank you.
Mr. President, can we get two pictures?
Sure.
Well, we decided to keep very close to each other.
Now, one of you stand in front of me like this.
And you stand on the other side of your mom.
There, see, we've got a balance picture.
Now, this is when we'll give one to each boy.
Years later, you're going to have something.
And I think each lawyer will have, uh, before we jump to the, to the, to the, to the, to the, to the, to the, to the, to the,
You don't get, you have to be her best friend, not for the, for the family.
You've got an x-ray, presidential x-rays.
You've got confidence, I know.
I think he has one.
Does she have his name?
No, I don't think you've got it.
We don't give that to girls
Okay.
Pleasure, sir.
Well, I'll tell you, you've done a great job for us.
We appreciate it.
Maybe as we get around through the circulation with our three agents, we'll come back to the Coast Guard again.
I know that's a really good question, but we haven't gotten out of the tree.
We have to keep the RPA and the Air Force.
That doesn't mean we don't operate the Coast Guard.
Not at all.
yes
What's the problem, right?
I mean, it's generally possible your desk, and you have to be in a closer position.

NARA Description

On February 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, White House photographer, Cmdr. Alexander R. Larzelere, Alexander R. Larzelere, Jr., William Larzelere, Paul Larzelere, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:42 pm to 12:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 848-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 848-12

Date: February 5, 1973
Time: 12:42 pm - 12:45 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Cmdr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Larzelere, Alexander R. Larzelere, Jr.,
William Larzelere, Paul Larzelere, Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft and Stephen B. Bull [?]; the White
House photographer was present at the beginning of the meeting.

       Greetings
              -Commander and Mrs. Larzelere

       Larzelere's family
              -Age of sons
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                     NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                           Conversation No. 848-12 (cont’d)

                        -William
                        -Paul

        Photographs

        New job
              -Congressional affairs office

        Photographs

        Gifts for sons
                -Photographs
                -Tie clasps

        Ash trays

        Cuff links

        Larzelere's job performance
               -The President’s appreciation

        Coast Guard
               -Army, Navy, Air Force
               -Inaugural Parade
                      -Marching

        Meeting with Robert J. Brown
              -Cmdr. Larzelere

Larzelere, et al., left at 12:45 pm.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on February 5, 1973

  • 848-011 12:39 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 848-020 12:39 PM · 15 sec — Stephen B. Bull and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 848-013 12:45 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Robert J. Brown, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 12:56 pm.
  • 848-014 12:56 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Richard A. Moore, Lt. Col. William L. Golden, White House operator, Teresa Olson, Kenneth Olson, Mary Weigal, Agnes Ullmer, Henry Ullmer, Irene Lemery, Loren Lemery, Clara Best, Joyce Nolde, Blair Nolde, Brent Nolde, Kimberly Nolde, Bryon Nolde, Bart Nolde, Henry Joseph Nolde, Joseph Nolde, Henry Nolde, Jr., and Irene Nolde met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:09 pm.
  • 848-015 1:09 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:09 pm to 1:58 pm.
  • 043-213 1:38 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:38 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 043-030 1:54 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:54 pm.
  • 848-016 1:58 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:58 pm to 1:59 pm.

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Conversation 848-012, February 5, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/848-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).