On May 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 494-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 494-7
Date: May 8, 1971
Time: 1:50 pm - unknown before 1:55 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
An unknown man entered at an unknown time after 1:50 pm.
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[Duration: 7s ]
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Butterfield and the unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:55 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.