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Conversation 005-090

TapeTape 5StartTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 6:48 PMEndTuesday, June 15, 1971 at 6:49 PMTape start time02:45:49Tape end time02:46:45ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed Alexander P. Butterfield to contact Senator John Sherman Cooper regarding the attendance of Ambassador Kenneth Keating at a White House dinner. Nixon aimed to coordinate Keating's presence at the dinner alongside Cooper, despite Cooper already hosting an event for Keating that same evening. Butterfield was tasked with inviting Cooper to bring Keating to the White House dinner, ensuring the invitation did not appear to be an intrusion on Cooper's existing social engagement.

John Sherman CooperKenneth KeatingWhite House dinnerDiplomatic relationsScheduling
AudioNARA Description

On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 6:48 pm to 6:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-090 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 5-90

Date: June 15, 1971
Time: 6:48 pm - 6:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See Conversation No. 261-11]
     President's schedule
          -Forthcoming call from Butterfield to John Sherman Cooper
                 -Kenneth Keating
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yeah.
Mr. Butterfield, sir.
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
Alex, give Senator Cooper a call, if you would, and tell him that we had invited Senator Keating to this, former Senator Keating, the ambassador to this dinner tonight, to arrive, and that the president would very much like for him to come, too, if he could join him.
You know what I mean?
The party would, if it doesn't interfere with his party, they would have to leave about 8, 10 over there.
Oh, I see.
Cooper.
Yeah, just invite, you know.
Well, John Sherman Cooper?
Yeah.
He has accepted.
He's coming?
Yeah, remember you mentioned that the other day, Mr. President.
Well, then, he's giving the party for Keating.
Gee, that's odd, isn't it?
Call Cooper and tell him that Keating is invited and that we wanted him to know that we're giving, that we didn't want to appear at his party, but since he's coming, maybe the two could come together.
All right, sir.
I sure will.
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