Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 559 › Conversation 559-002
Nixon & Butterfield on Henry Kissinger
Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 8:52 AM–9:11 AM ET · Oval Office · 10 sec
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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 559-002 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 559-002
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:52 am and 9:11 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Henry A. Kissinger's schedule
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:11 am.
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Also recorded on August 10, 1971
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- 068-006 9:14 AM · 6 min — Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 10:05 am.
- 068-007 9:14 AM · 2 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and staffers, including Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Melvin R. Laird, David Packard, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. John D. Ryan, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 11:54 am.
- 007-083 9:28 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:28 am to 9:30 am.
- 007-084 9:30 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 2:33 pm.
- 559-004 10:05 AM · 2 min — unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 11:59 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 559-002, August 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178799). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-002 (accessed November 1, 2026).