President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review the logistics of an upcoming signing ceremony for the Council on Environmental Quality report. They discussed the expected attendance, including John C. Whitaker, and the management of press involvement for the event. This discussion served to finalize the President's schedule and administrative preparations for the ceremony.
On August 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 556-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 556-6
Date: August 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:02 pm and 12:06 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting
-[Signing ceremony of the report of the Council on Environment Quality]
-Attendees
-Number
-John C. Whitaker
-Press
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:06 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.