Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 524 › Conversation 524-004
Nixon & Butterfield on Drug policy and Administrative tasks
Thursday, June 17, 1971 · 9:48 AM–9:51 AM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review and finalize the President’s daily schedule. During this brief encounter, the two discussed preparations for an upcoming drug policy message. The session concluded with the President signing administrative documents.
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NARA Description
On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 9:51 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 524-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 524-4
Date: June 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:48 am and 9:51 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
-Drug message
[Signing documents]
Butterfield left at 9:51 am.Also recorded on June 17, 1971
- 062-002 9:48 AM · 1 hr 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the National Security Council, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, William P. Rogers, Melvin R. Laird, John B. Connally, Gen. George A. Lincoln, John N. Mitchell, David Packard, Richard M. Helms, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gerard C. Smith, Philip J. Farley, John N. Irwin, II, Martin J. Hillenbrand, Henry A. Kissinger, Dr. K. Wayne Smith, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, and William Newton, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:48 am and 11:59 pm.
- 524-005 9:51 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:52 am.
- 524-006 9:52 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:52 am to 9:55 am.
- 524-007 9:55 AM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:58 am.
- 524-008 9:58 AM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:34 am.
- 524-009 10:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:39 am.
- 524-011 10:39 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lucy A. Winchester, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:39 am to 10:47 am.
- 524-012 10:47 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:47 am and 10:58 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 524-004, June 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/524-004 (accessed October 22, 2026).