President Richard M. Nixon met with Deputy Assistant to the President Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to discuss administrative logistics. The brief meeting centered on a specific request initiated by the President, although details of the subject matter remain undocumented due to the lack of a transcript. The interaction concluded with Butterfield departing the office shortly thereafter.
On February 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 451-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 451-11
Date: February 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 1:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield
Request
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:20 pmNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.