President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to coordinate the President's daily agenda. The primary focus of the discussion was the scheduling of a meeting with speechwriter William L. Safire. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief administrative briefing.
On March 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 465-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 465-1
Date: March 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:25 am and 9:33 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield [?]
President’s schedule
-William L. Safire meeting
Butterfield [?] left at an unknown time before 9:33 amNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.