Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 483 › Conversation 483-021
Nixon, Butterfield & Mitchell on Puerto Rico and White House logistics
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 5:14 PM–5:17 PM ET · Oval Office ·40 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. Haldeman to briefly review matters following a photo session. The discussion focused on logistical details regarding a planned trip by Butterfield to Puerto Rico, specifically concerning the duration and base of operations for the visit. The brief exchange concluded before any further administrative or political business could be addressed.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 483-21
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield, John N. Mitchell and H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.
The President's schedule
-Previous photo session
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/21/2020.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal-Returnable]
[483-021-w001]
[Duration: 26s]
Alexander P. Butterfield’s trip to Puerto Rico
-Length of trip
-Base
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The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 5:17 pm.Also recorded on April 20, 1971
- 002-012 4:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. Mahon talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 483-018 4:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Fred Maroon, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:19 pm.
- 483-019 4:20 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, John W. Dean, III, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Sue Morrison met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 002-013 4:42 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:59 pm.
- 002-014 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Sue Morrison talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 483-020 5:14 PM · 2 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm.
- 055-001 5:17 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican senators, including Barry M. Goldwater, Henry L. Bellmon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Robert J. Dole, Edward J. Gurney, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl T. Curtis, Clifford P. Hansen, Jack R. Miller, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Eugene S. Cowen, Harry S. Dent, and Henry A. Kissinger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:21 pm.
- 483-022 6:22 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 483-021, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-021 (accessed September 18, 2026).