Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 245 › Conversation 245-014

Nixon & Butterfield on Social events and Public appearances

Tuesday, April 6, 1971 · 11:19 AM–11:21 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation245-014 on Tape 245 (tape position 02:07:15–02:23:35)StartTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:19 AMEndTuesday, April 6, 1971 at 11:21 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 245-014 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417183245 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the logistics for an upcoming evening social event. The discussion focuses on the President's desire to maintain a sober, low-key appearance while ensuring a specific guest receives an opportunity to respond to previous comments. They finalize plans for a brief public appearance involving music and a crowd to conclude the engagement.

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NARA Description

On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:19 am to 11:21 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 245-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 245-014

Date: April 6, 1971
Time: 11:19 am - 11:21 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield

[See Conversation No. 42-17]

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Now, a quick check on the, uh, later tonight.
Uh, my understanding is that, uh, that we come down alone.
We don't, we don't drink.
We don't understand.
Yeah.
Come on.
All right.
We'll do that.
Come on.
I mean, he's hurting a lot.
Good evening.
Yeah.
At the end.
And he responds.
Good.
Because, you see, the applicants didn't respond, and I wanted to be sure that he had the right to respond.
Right.
And then after that, we just go in and make a little crowd for a half hour.
Right.
Great.
And there's music and so forth.
Quite a time.
Great, great.
That's fine.
I just wanted to show you.
Thank you.

Also recorded on April 6, 1971

  • 042-014 11:11 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:13 am.
  • 042-015 11:13 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 11:13 am to 11:14 am.
  • 245-012 11:13 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:13 am to 11:14 am.
  • 042-016 11:14 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:14 am and 11:19 am.
  • 245-013 11:14 AM · 15 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 11:14 am and 11:19 am.
  • 042-017 11:19 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 11:19 am to 11:21 am.
  • 042-018 11:21 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am.
  • 245-015 11:21 AM · 9 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 11:21 am and 11:35 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 245-014, April 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417183245). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/245-014 (accessed October 31, 2026).