Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 568 › Conversation 568-008
Haldeman & Butterfield on John B. Connally and White House logistics
Thursday, September 9, 1971 · 3:56 PM–3:57 PM ET · Oval Office · 47 sec
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield met briefly to discuss adjustments to the scheduling of Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The discussion centered on the constraints imposed by a tight timeline regarding the President's upcoming engagements. No further substantive policy issues were addressed before the participants concluded their meeting.
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NARA Description
On September 9, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:56 pm to 3:57 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 568-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 568-8
Date: September 9, 1971
Time: 3:56 pm - 3:57 pm
Location: Oval Office
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Butterfield's schedule
-John B. Connally
Haldeman and Butterfield left at 3:57 pm.Also recorded on September 9, 1971
- 568-004 3:03 PM · 32 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond P. Shafer, Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., White House photographer, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:34 pm.
- 568-005 3:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 568-006 3:34 PM · 18 min — Stephen B. Bull, Ezra Solomon, Janet Lorraine Solomon, Catherine Solomon, Janet Solomon, Herbert Stein, Lorna Solomon, Judge Charles R. Richey, George P. Shultz and White House photographer, unknown person(s), Frank C. Carlucci, III, Jean Phyliss (Anthony) Carlucci, Karen Carlucci, Frank C. Carlucci, IV, Frank C. Carlucci, II, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 568-007 3:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:56 pm.
- 568-009 3:58 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 5:06 pm.
- 568-010 4:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm.
- 568-011 4:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 5:06 pm.
- 568-012 4:05 PM · 48 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and George P. Shultz met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 6:00 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 568-008, September 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/568-008 (accessed October 9, 2026).