President Richard M. Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to facilitate an urgent administrative request. The primary purpose of this brief interaction was for the President to summon Henry A. Kissinger for a consultation. Following the exchange, Butterfield departed to carry out the President's instructions.
On August 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:52 am and 9:11 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 559-1
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:11 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Requested that Henry A. Kissinger come to the Oval Office
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:11 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.