President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to address the administrative task of signing official documents. The discussion specifically concerned the use of pens for these signatures, including arrangements for Senator Michael J. Mansfield. This brief encounter served to finalize procedural details regarding presidential correspondence.
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 12:13 pm and 12:15 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 556-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 556-10
Date: August 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:13 pm and 12:15 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Signing documents
-Pens
-Michael J. Mansfield
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:15 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.