Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 570 › Conversation 570-010

Nixon, Haldeman & Butterfield on Cabinet meeting and Domestic policy

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 8:02 AM–8:04 AM ET · Oval Office · 52 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation570-010 on Tape 570 (tape position 02:49:11–02:58:52)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 8:02 AMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 8:04 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 570-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with H. R. Haldeman and Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize logistical arrangements for an upcoming Cabinet meeting. The discussion focused on managing the attendance of officials, including Paul McCracken and George Shultz, and preparing the necessary domestic policy briefings. Nixon directed adjustments to the meeting's order of proceedings to ensure a more efficient presentation of the agenda.

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No, I didn't do that on purpose.
Yeah, that's right.
I think I want to change the order.
Is all these people controlled or anything?
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
And I told them to.
But not the order, necessarily.
Sir, I told you it might be changed.
I think that's a good problem.
Very good.
Yeah.
And my crack won't be replaced.
So, yeah, that's what I want to get at.
Thank you for your thoughts on that.
I just told them to go to the dressing room, since I was searching.
Listen.

NARA Description

On September 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:02 am to 8:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 570-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 570-10

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: 8:02 am - 8:04 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman; this recording
began at an unknown time while the meeting was in progress.

     Cabinet meeting
          -Attendance
               -Paul W. McCracken, George P. Shultz
          -Preparations
               -Domestic briefings

Butterfield left at 8:04 pm.

Also recorded on September 13, 1971

  • 008-110 8:01 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 1:15 pm.
  • 073-005 8:01 AM · 2 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met with Cabinet officers and their wives, including William P. Rogers, Adele (Langston) Rogers, John B. Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) (Connally), Melvin R. Laird, John N. Mitchell, Martha (Beall) Mitchell, Rogers C. B. Morton, Clifford M. Hardin, Martha L. (Wood) Hardin, Maurice H. Stans, Kathleen Stans, James D. Hodgson, Maria (Denend) Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, Anne Richardson, George W. Romney, Lenore L. Romney, John A. Volpe, Jennie (Benedetto) Volpe, David M. Kennedy, Lenora (Bingham) Kennedy, George P. Shultz, Helena M. ("Obie") Shultz, Robert H. Finch, Carol (Crothers) Finch, Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, Barbara (Pierce) Bush, Robert J. Dole, Dr. Arthur A. Fletcher, Robert E. Hampton, Dr. John A. Hannah, Thomas S. Kleppe, Virginia H. Knauer, Robert L. Kunzig, Gen. George A. Lincoln, Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Frank J. Shakespeare, Paul W. McCracken, Arnold R. Weber, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Peter G. Peterson, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert Stein, and Alexander P. Butterfield, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 8:01 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 570-011 8:04 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:04 am and 8:40 am.
  • 073-006 10:42 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:42 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 570-012 10:42 AM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:42 am to 10:44 am.
  • 571-001 12:37 PM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Robert J. Dole, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House photographer, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, White House operator, and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:58 pm.
  • 008-111 1:15 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
  • 008-112 1:16 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 570-010, September 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/570-010 (accessed October 9, 2026).