Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-036

Nixon phone call with Butterfield on White House social events

Thursday, September 16, 1971 · 10:33 AM–10:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation009-036 on Tape 9 (tape position 01:13:46–01:14:14)StartThursday, September 16, 1971 at 10:33 AMEndThursday, September 16, 1971 at 10:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 009-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize arrangements for specific mementos to be distributed at a family event held that evening. The President provided explicit instructions regarding the procurement of gifts, specifically requesting silver compacts for the wives, cufflinks for the men, and tie bars and charms for the children. Butterfield acknowledged the directives and committed to securing these items through Stephen B. Bull.

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Yeah.
Mr. Butterfield.
Yeah.
Yes, sir.
What have you arranged with regard to mementos for this family thing tonight?
Do they have anything?
Mementos?
Yeah.
I'll check with Steve.
Don't bother.
Just get silver compacts for the two wives.
Get cufflinks for the three men.
Get little tie bars for the boys and charms for the girls.
That's all you need.
Okay, sir.
I'll do it.

NARA Description

On September 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:33 am to 10:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 9-36

Date: September 16, 1971
Time: 10:33 am - 10:34 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Family event
          -Mementos
               -Stephen B. Bull
               -Types
                    -Compacts
                    -Cufff links
                    -Tie bars
                    -Charms

Also recorded on September 16, 1971

  • 278-047 10:33 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:33 am to 10:34 am.
  • 009-037 10:34 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:48 am.
  • 278-048 10:34 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:48 am.
  • 278-049 10:34 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:48 am.
  • 278-050 10:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:48 am.
  • 009-038 10:48 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Edward Hébert talked on the telephone from 10:48 am to 10:57 am.
  • 278-051 10:48 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, F. Edward Hébert, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:48 am to 10:57 am.
  • 009-039 11:15 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:48 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 009-036, September 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-036 (accessed October 12, 2026).