Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-016
Nixon & Butterfield on Personal appointments
Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 5:25 PM–5:44 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 24 sec
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part A, 1:20:38
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On November 17, 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 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-016 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 293-16
Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown man [Alexander P. Butterfield?].
The President's schedule
-Barber
The unknown man left at an unknown time before 5:44 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 015-004 5:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 293-015 5:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm.
- 293-017 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm.
- 293-018 5:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:44 pm.
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- 015-005 5:44 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 7:14 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 293-016, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-016 (accessed November 15, 2026).