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Conversation 502-005

TapeTape 502StartThursday, May 20, 1971 at 8:32 AMEndThursday, May 20, 1971 at 8:38 AMTape start time00:17:30Tape end time00:19:47ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOval Office
AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to coordinate the logistics and seating arrangements for an upcoming Cabinet meeting. They discussed concerns regarding the meeting's size, specifically addressing the participation of individuals traveling from out of town such as Brown. Additionally, the President briefly addressed administrative matters regarding a letter to Dean G. Acheson.

Cabinet meetingOval Office logisticsDean G. AchesonPresidential schedulingMeeting attendance
AudioNARA Description

On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:32 am and 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 502-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 502-5

Date: May 20, 1971
Time: 8:32 am - unknown before 8:38 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     President's schedule
           -Cabinet meeting, May 20, 1971
                 -Size
                 -Raymond K. Price, Jr.
           -Table
           -Seating

      [Unintelligible]

     [First name unknown] Brown's attendance

     [Unintelligible]

     President's letter to Dean G. Acheson

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 8:38 am.
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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I do not care about the size of the meeting.
It's just a lot of people sit around in our nation.
So we have people on the price.
We did expand.
Yeah, we expanded it because of the expansion.
We've seen 23 people around.
All you can around the table but then have...
We did a lot of expanding the list of other people.
I mean, even on the outside of it, you don't want to see 23.
It's the brain that you choose.
You're friends out of town.
A few of us that are not really there.
You're friends out of town.
Not lower.
Not lower.
Not lower people than that, you know.
Brown comes all the way from out of town.
He comes all the way from out of town.
He's probably not listening.
Friends away.
That's a letter.
Yeah, that's a letter.
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