Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 570 › Conversation 570-012

Nixon & Butterfield on Robert J. Dole and Administrative planning

Monday, September 13, 1971 · 10:42 AM–10:44 AM ET · Oval Office · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation570-012 on Tape 570 (tape position 03:12:26–03:14:11)StartMonday, September 13, 1971 at 10:42 AMEndMonday, September 13, 1971 at 10:44 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 570-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to briefly coordinate administrative scheduling matters regarding a meeting with Senator Robert J. Dole. The conversation focused on the timing of this appointment and the management of the President's upcoming schedule. Butterfield confirmed he would finalize the necessary arrangements for the meeting.

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Do you want to sit down and sleep out a little bit?
No, we're good.
Okay, well, I haven't put him back up in a couple of weeks.
So, uh... All right, on the system.
In a second.
I'm dirty.
Good.
I'll go ahead and punch you some more.
Two days.
Two days?
Do it.
Do it.
No.
Why don't you say it?
I'm curious.
All right, sir.
I'm sorry.

NARA Description

On September 13, 1971, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 570-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 570-12

Date: September 13, 1971
Time: 10:42 am - 10:44 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     President’s schedule
           -Robert J. Dole
                -Time of meeting

Butterfield left at 10:44 am.

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.
  • 570-010 8:02 AM · 52 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 570-012, 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/570-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).