Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 251 › Conversation 251-035

Nixon & Butterfield on News media and Alexander Haig

Thursday, April 29, 1971 · 2:53 PM–2:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation251-035 on Tape 251 (tape position 02:52:59–02:53:50)StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 2:53 PMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 2:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 251-035 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the dissemination of information through news wires. The discussion centered on involving Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Patrick J. Buchanan in the strategic timing of these releases. This brief interaction served to align staff efforts regarding media management and internal communications protocols.

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NARA Description

On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:53 pm to 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 251-035 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 251-35

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: 2:53 pm - 2:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

     News wires
         -General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
         -Patrick J. Buchanan
         -Timing

Butterfield left at 2:56 pm

Also recorded on April 29, 1971

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  • 251-034 1:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 2:53 pm.
  • 490-008 1:17 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:17 pm on April 29, 1971 and 7:39 am on May 4, 1971.
  • 042-080 2:56 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 251-036 2:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 251-037 2:56 PM · 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 2:56 pm and 3:57 pm.
  • 042-081 3:57 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 3:57 pm to 3:58 pm.
  • 251-038 3:57 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:57 pm to 3:58 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 251-035, April 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/251-035 (accessed October 3, 2026).