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Nixon, Newbrand & Butterfield on Oval Office meeting and Presidential gifts

Friday, July 2, 1971 · 11:39 AM–11:41 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Newbrand, Robert J.; Newbrand, Robert J. (Mrs.); Newbrand, Janice; Newbrand, Patricia; Newbrand, Michael; Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation535-011 on Tape 535 (tape position 02:38:07–02:40:28)StartFriday, July 2, 1971 at 11:39 AMEndFriday, July 2, 1971 at 11:41 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 535-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon hosted a brief meeting in the Oval Office with Robert J. Newbrand and his family, accompanied by Alexander P. Butterfield. The visit served as a formal gesture of appreciation for Newbrand's service dating back to 1968, as he prepared to relocate to Florida. The encounter included a commemorative photo session and the presentation of official presidential gifts to the family.

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Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President, Mr. President,
Now here, you like this, see?
It's great, she's comfortable.
Now.
Here we go.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, Roger.
We wish you the best.
Thank you.
What dress did you have?
Oh, the assistant dresses.
Thank you.
Now, Mr. Higgins, we're going to give you a compliment.
Here's a candy for you.
Do you know what it is?
Doesn't it see anything?
Doesn't it see anything?
And if you can hear it, it's like you said, it's amazing.
It's for the future.
It's a keychain.
And here it is today.
That's Apollo viewers.
I'm going to follow through with that.
And we're all in this room.
We're going to hold back.
We're going to have a good time.
We'll see you next time.
Thank you, Senator.
Thank you.
We're very glad.
We appreciate all that work going back to 68.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert J. Newbrand, Mrs. Robert J. Newbrand, Janice Newbrand, Patricia Newbrand, Michael Newbrand, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:41 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 535-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 535-11

Date: July 2, 1971
Time: 11:39 am - 11:41 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Robert J. Newbrand, Mrs. Robert Newbrand, Janice Newbrand, Patricia
Newbrand, Michael Newbrand and Alexander P. Butterfield.
[The White House photographer was present for part of the meeting]

     Robert J. Newbrand
         -Move to Florida

     Arrangements for photograph

     Presidential gifts

     Appreciation for Newbrand's work

Newbrand et al. left at 11:41 am

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  • 535-007 11:29 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert G. Houdek, Robert G. Houdek, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:29 am to 11:32 am.
  • 535-008 11:32 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:32 am.
  • 535-009 11:32 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Lane Dwinell, Elizabeth (Cushman) Dwinell, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:32 am to 11:36 am.
  • 535-010 11:36 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield [?], Eleuterio Mendozo, Mrs. Eleuterio Mendozo, Elizabeth Mendozo, and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:36 am to 11:39 am.
  • 535-012 11:41 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am.
  • 535-013 11:43 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wimer D. Mizell, Eddie Bane, Larry Calufetti, Benny Castillo, Bob Ellenberger, John Caneira, Nell Ellenberger, Ron Fraser, Doug Gerlach, Marty Harrington, Peter Helt, Tony Hewitt, Cliff Holland, Fred Lynn, Bill McClain, Roger McGill, Fred Mims, Paul Patterson, Jeff Port, Ken Reed, Jay Smith, Jack Smitheran, Tim Steele, Jackson Todd, Al Torregano, Bobby Winkles, and Elinor Winkles met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:52 am.
  • 535-014 11:54 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Roman C. Pucinski, Orlando Rivera, and Arthur Fagan met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:54 am to 11:57 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 535-011, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/535-011 (accessed October 13, 2026).