Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 458 › Conversation 458-006

Nixon & Butterfield on Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. and J. M. Menefee

Thursday, February 25, 1971 · 4:05 PM–4:07 PM ET · Oval Office ·37 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation458-006 onTape 458 (tape position 01:20:06–01:20:48)StartThursday, February 25, 1971 at 4:05 PMEndThursday, February 25, 1971 at 4:07 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 458-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize arrangements for an upcoming meeting with Representative Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. and J. M. Menefee. The President instructed Butterfield to proceed with the scheduling of these individuals. This brief discussion focused exclusively on coordinating the logistics of the President’s official calendar.

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Just move ahead with Wagner and Menifee.
That must be...
There's ten minutes.

NARA Description

On February 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 458-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 458-006
Date: February 25, 1971
Time: 4:05 pm - unknown before 4:07 pm
Page | 6
White House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield
The President’s schedule
-Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.
-J. M. Menefee
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:07 pm

Also recorded on February 25, 1971

  • 458-003 3:28 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:28 pm to 3:35 pm.
  • 458-004 3:35 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George Renercomb, Thomas S. Kleppe, Glenda L. (Gompf) Kleppe, Jill Kleppe, Jane Kleppe, Gladys Anderson, Ruth Edick, Anthony G. Chase, Arthur H. Singer, Marshall J. Parker, Jack Eachon, Jr., Arthur McZier, Howard Russell, Einar Johnson, Wilfred J. Gavin, John A. Knebel, Loren J. Rivard, Raymond E. Stull, Milton R. Young, Patricia M. (Burne) Young, Robert J. Dole, Silvio O. Conte, Joseph L. ("Joe") Evins, Christine Gallagher, Lucey Sharp, Dorothy A. Kabis, Magnus Lutnass, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clark MacGregor, and Maurice H. Stans met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:35 pm to 3:46 pm.
  • 458-005 3:46 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Felipe Herrera, Charls E. Walker, Henry J. Costanzo, and Ashley Hewitt met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 4:05 pm.
  • 458-007 4:07 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., Juanita Morris Moody, John C. Whitaker, Richard K. Cook, White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:34 pm.
  • 458-008 4:34 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:42 pm.
  • 458-009 4:42 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Milton C. Rose, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:42 pm to 5:05 pm.
  • 458-010 5:05 PM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, David M. Kennedy, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, Nellie L. Yates, Marjorie P. Acker, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 458-011 5:44 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:44 pm to 6:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 458-006, February 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/458-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).