Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-013

Nixon & Butterfield on University Relations and Love Films

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 · 9:14 AM–11:25 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation256-013 on Tape 256 (tape position 00:12:55–00:19:29)StartTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 9:14 AMEndTuesday, June 1, 1971 at 11:25 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 256-013 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to discuss administrative arrangements concerning the President's schedule and logistical matters. The conversation touched upon institutional coordination, specifically regarding university-related affairs and discussions with Love Films. The exchange remained brief, focusing on delegating internal communication tasks and operational planning.

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On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-013 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 256-13

Date: June 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:14 am and 11:25 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield

     President’s schedule

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:25 pm

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And that's my one, but this is only for this purpose.
It will not be expanded into anything else, right?
It's a second thing.
Why the hell can't we put brains in general?
I just do that.
If that's what you could do, that would be great.
And if there's people in general, I just say, I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I guess you could tell Mr. D. and Mr. Ken.
I guess you could tell Mr. D. and Mr. Ken.
I guess you could tell Mr. D. and Mr. Ken.
I guess you could tell Mr. D. and Mr. Ken.
Thank you.

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In terms of the, uh, the black man.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, I was thinking on the, on that matter of the conversation you had with Love's film, the setting of the value, and in terms of the long range of the show that rang you up, and the story in which you're older now, and you've had reports about cashews, and the bombing, and so it's, it's a, it's a, it's an incredible story.
you
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Conversation 256-013, June 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/256-013 (accessed November 12, 2026).