Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 503 › Conversation 503-021

Nixon, Ziegler & Butterfield on Bebe Rebozo and White House administration

Friday, May 21, 1971 · 6:07 PM–6:26 PM ET · Oval Office · 48 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation503-021 on Tape 503 (tape position 04:49:47–04:51:15)StartFriday, May 21, 1971 at 6:07 PMEndFriday, May 21, 1971 at 6:26 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 503-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Alexander Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming schedule and social engagements. The discussion focused on logistics regarding a scheduled lunch and a planned meeting with Charles "Bebe" Rebozo. The participants concluded the brief session by clarifying the availability and whereabouts of the individuals involved in these meetings.

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We don't know.

You're also gonna come over here and see if he's, he has his, is he here?

He's, he's, uh, just went back to the hospital.

Well, we got, we got him over, but it's a great day, so, yeah, there's no coming to our house.

See you in a minute.

NARA Description

On May 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 503-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 503-21

Date: May 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ronald Ziegler and Alexander P. Butterfield [?].

     President's schedule
           -Lunch tomorrow
           -Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo meeting with the President

Ziegler and Butterfield [?] left at an unknown time before 6:26 pm.

Also recorded on May 21, 1971

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503-020 6:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:04 pm and 6:26 pm.
503-022 6:07 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm.
503-023 6:07 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:26 pm.
503-024 6:07 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:07 pm and 6:34 pm.
003-112 6:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:26 pm to 6:28 pm.
253-006 6:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 7:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 503-021, May 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/503-021 (accessed October 12, 2026).