Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 291 › Conversation 291-014
Nixon, Holifield & Butterfield on Consumer protection legislation
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 5:15 PM–5:20 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting with Alexander P. Butterfield regarding scheduling matters before speaking with Congressman Chet Holifield via telephone. During the call, Nixon expressed his personal gratitude to Holifield for his assistance in passing consumer protection legislation. The conversation concluded with a brief discussion concerning the recruitment of a suitable candidate for an unspecified vacancy.
- Consumer protection legislation
- Congressional relations
- Personnel recruitment
- White House scheduling
- Chet Holifield
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Chet Holifield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:15 pm to 5:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 291-14
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: 5:15 pm - 5:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
The President talked with Chet Holifield between 5:19 pm and 5:21 pm.
[Conversation No. 291-14A]
[See Conversation No. 11-115]
[End of telephone conversation]
Butterfield left at 5:20 pm.Also recorded on October 18, 1971
- 011-115 5:19 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Chet Holifield talked on the telephone from 5:19 pm to 5:21 pm.
- 011-116 5:21 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 291-015 5:21 PM · 33 sec — 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 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 291-016 5:21 PM · 13 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 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 011-117 5:24 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 291-017 5:24 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:24 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 011-118 5:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm.
- 291-018 5:25 PM · 4 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 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 291-014, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-014 (accessed September 28, 2026).