Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 522 › Conversation 522-003
Nixon & Butterfield on White House administration and Oval Office operations
Wednesday, June 16, 1971 · 12:07 PM–12:26 PM ET · Oval Office · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to conduct a brief review of the President's schedule. The discussion remained informal and focused on administrative coordination. No major policy decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:07 pm and 12:26 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 522-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 522-003
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: June 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:07 pm and 12:26 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
The President and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:26 pm.Also recorded on June 16, 1971
- 522-004 12:26 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ambassador E. Ross Adair, Mrs. E. Ross Adair, and W. Marshall Wright met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:26 pm to 12:37 pm.
- 522-005 12:38 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Herbert G. Klein, Stanley S. Scott, Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 12:46 pm.
- 522-006 12:46 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, George Tames, Arnold C. Noel, Norman Driscoll, Byron Rollins, Maurice Johnson, Charles Shutt, Barry Stroup, George Gaylin, William Beall, Carl Kramer, James Raney, Charles Woolsey, John McGee, John Arrowsmith, William Galbraith, Lynne Peterson, Allan Smith, Constance ("Connie") Chung, Paul Sisco, Frank E. Cancellare, Henry Griffin, Thomas ("Tom") Craven, Sr., Hugo Johnson, Robert D. Denton, J. Thomas Baltzell, George Dorsey, Joe Roberts, and Andrew J. May met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:46 pm to 12:59 pm.
- 522-007 12:59 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:59 pm to 1:04 pm.
- 522-008 1:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:04 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 522-009 1:09 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 522-010 1:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 1:27 pm.
- 522-011 1:27 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:27 pm to 2:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 522-003, June 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/522-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).