Conversation 261-029

TapeTape 261StartThursday, July 1, 1971 at 9:53 AMEndThursday, July 1, 1971 at 2:11 PMTape start time01:25:07Tape end time01:28:09ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building

On July 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 9:53 am and 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 261-29

Date: July 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:53 am and 2:11 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with an unknown person [Alexander P. Butterfield?]

     Stephen B. Bull
          -Paper weights
          -White House lighters

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Have us be taken forward.
They didn't tie paper waste.
I had that.
They were getting up back in the morning and they knew, you know.
And, uh, they had to, you know, they had to say, you know, what do I want?
What do I want?
A lighter.
A lighter.
You're right, a lighter.
Just take it forward and then paper waste.
They didn't take it forward.