Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 483 › Conversation 483-020
Butterfield on Presidential security and Oval Office logistics
Tuesday, April 20, 1971 · 5:14 PM–5:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 2 min
AI Summary
Alexander P. Butterfield met with a Secret Service agent in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics regarding the President’s location and daily schedule. The discussion centered on the President's movements and the duration of his absence from the Cabinet Room. The brief exchange functioned primarily as a routine administrative coordination between White House staff and security personnel.
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NARA Description
On April 20, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 483-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 483-20
Date: April 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield met with unknown persons (Secret Service agent).
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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 02/07/2020. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-Historical]
[483-020-w001]
[Duration: 2m]
The President's location
Unknown man
Unknown man's schedule
The President's location
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The President's location
-Duration of absence
-Cabinet Room
Unknown man's schedule
The President's location
The unknown persons left at an unknown time before 5:17 pm.Also recorded on April 20, 1971
- 002-012 4:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George H. Mahon talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:07 pm.
- 483-018 4:10 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, Fred Maroon, Manolo Sanchez, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 4:19 pm.
- 483-019 4:20 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John N. Mitchell, John W. Dean, III, White House photographer, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Sue Morrison met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:20 pm to 5:14 pm.
- 002-013 4:42 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 4:59 pm.
- 002-014 4:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Sue Morrison talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:01 pm.
- 483-021 5:14 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:17 pm.
- 055-001 5:17 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Republican senators, including Barry M. Goldwater, Henry L. Bellmon, John G. Tower, Howard H. Baker, Jr., Robert J. Dole, Edward J. Gurney, J. Caleb Boggs, Carl T. Curtis, Clifford P. Hansen, Jack R. Miller, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Kenneth E. BeLieu, Eugene S. Cowen, Harry S. Dent, and Henry A. Kissinger, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:17 pm to 6:21 pm.
- 483-022 6:22 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:22 pm to 6:44 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 483-020, April 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/483-020 (accessed October 3, 2026).