President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and finalize the logistical details for an upcoming reception honoring a United States Senate group and a visiting Mexican delegation. The discussion focused specifically on confirming the list of attendees to ensure appropriate representation at the event. This brief administrative consultation served to organize the President’s official schedule for the reception.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:19 pm to 1:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 340-3
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 1:19 pm - 1:20 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
-Reception for US Senate and Mexican delegation
-Additional attendees
Butterfield left.
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