Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 491 › Conversation 491-007
Butterfield on Tricia Nixon and Photography
Wednesday, April 28, 1971 · 12:16 PM–12:35 PM ET · Oval Office · 17 sec
AI Summary
Alexander P. Butterfield met with an unidentified individual to facilitate a logistical or administrative task involving the President. The brief discussion centered on the placement of the President for a photography session involving Tricia Nixon. No major policy developments occurred during this interaction, which functioned primarily as a coordination check for White House imagery.
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NARA Description
On April 28, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 491-7
Date: April 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield and an unknown man met.
President's location
-Photographs
-Tricia Nixon
Butterfield and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 12:35 pm.Also recorded on April 28, 1971
- 491-002 11:37 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 11:42 am.
- 491-003 11:42 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Melvin R. Laird, James E. Johnson, James D. ("Don") Hughes, John H. Chafee, Frederic V. Malek, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:42 am to 11:59 am.
- 491-004 11:59 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:59 am.
- 491-005 12:00 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:16 pm.
- 491-006 12:16 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 491-008 12:16 PM · 10 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:35 pm.
- 491-009 12:37 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ann Coffin, and Howell Conant met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:37 pm to 12:39 pm.
- 491-010 12:39 PM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gerhardt Schroeder, Henry A. Kissinger, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:39 pm to 1:06 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 491-007, April 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/491-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).