President Nixon met with Deputy Assistant Alexander P. Butterfield to review and coordinate the President's upcoming schedule. The discussion centered on finalizing arrangements for meetings with key figures, including Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Paul W. McCracken and Ambassador Ellsworth F. Bunker. This session served to ensure the President's administrative agenda remained aligned with his strategic priorities.
On August 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:37 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 558-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 558-6
Date: August 9, 1971
Time: 4:37 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President's schedule
-Paul W. McCracken
-Ellsworth F. Bunker
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 4:37 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.