Conversation 559-017

TapeTape 559StartTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 2:37 PMEndTuesday, August 10, 1971 at 2:38 PMTape start time02:49:04Tape end time02:49:31ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOval Office

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 2:37 pm and 2:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 559-17

Date: August 10, 1971
Time: 2:37 pm - unknown before 2:38 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     President's schedule
          -George P. Shultz
          -Kenneth R. Cole, Jr.
          -Paul Harvey

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 2:38 pm.

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over here.
Yeah, what about .
Was he coming, was he planning to go?
He's still, he's going through the residence, that's it.
And they just bring him in now and out.
Is he still out here, is he on his way to the residence?
Okay.
And he knows that he can come back and fight with his troops.
Okay.