Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 559 › Conversation 559-022
Nixon & Butterfield on Thomas R. Shepard Jr. and White House administration
Tuesday, August 10, 1971 · 3:19 PM–3:21 PM ET · Oval Office · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to address administrative matters concerning the President's daily schedule. Specifically, the discussion centered on coordinating a meeting with Thomas R. Shepard, Jr. The brief exchange served to finalize these scheduling arrangements for the President's calendar.
- Presidential schedule
- Thomas R. Shepard Jr.
- White House administration
- Alexander Butterfield
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NARA Description
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 3:19 pm and 3:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 559-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 559-022
Date: August 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:19 and 3:21 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Thomas R. Shepard, Jr.
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 3:21 pm.Also recorded on August 10, 1971
- 007-085 2:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:33 pm to 2:37 pm.
- 559-016 2:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:33 pm to 2:37 pm.
- 559-017 2:37 PM · 27 sec — 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.
- 559-018 2:38 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:38 pm to 2:46 pm.
- 559-019 2:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 559-020 2:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:46 pm and 2:59 pm.
- 559-021 2:59 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Mrs. Paul Harvey, Harry S. Dent, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:59 pm to 3:19 pm.
- 559-023 3:21 PM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas R. Shepard, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:21 pm to 4:14 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 559-022, August 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/559-022 (accessed October 9, 2026).