Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 531 › Conversation 531-026

Nixon & Butterfield on William P. Rogers and George H.W. Bush

Tuesday, June 29, 1971 · 4:18 PM–4:21 PM ET · Oval Office · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation531-026 on Tape 531 (tape position 02:27:50–02:28:25)StartTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 4:18 PMEndTuesday, June 29, 1971 at 4:21 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 531-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to review the President's upcoming schedule and confirmed the readiness of four key individuals for scheduled engagements. The discussion centered on finalizing arrangements for meetings involving William P. Rogers, George H.W. Bush, and John D. Ehrlichman. The participants confirmed that all necessary preparations for these briefings were in order before concluding the meeting.

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Those four are prepared.

NARA Description

On June 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 4:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 531-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 531-26

Date: June 29, 1971
Time: 4:18 pm - 4:21 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     President's schedule
           -William P. Rogers [?]
           -George H.W. Bush
           -John D. Ehrlichman
           -Unintelligible name

Butterfield left at 4:21 pm.

Also recorded on June 29, 1971

  • 531-027 4:21 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:21 pm to 4:31 pm.
  • 006-025 4:32 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:03 pm.
  • 531-028 4:32 PM · 1 hr 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, Frederic V. Malek, Lawrence M. Higby, Mary Swann, and John N. Mitchell met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:32 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 006-026 5:03 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 5:03 pm to 5:06 pm.
  • 006-027 5:06 PM · 7 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 006-028 5:06 PM · 59 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 006-029 5:06 PM · 5 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 006-030 5:06 PM · 53 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Frederic V. Malek talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 531-026, June 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/531-026 (accessed October 5, 2026).