Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 572 › Conversation 572-009

Nixon & Butterfield on Rose Mary Woods and Photography

Tuesday, September 14, 1971 · 2:57 PM–3:01 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation572-009 on Tape 572 (tape position 02:01:25–02:04:07)StartTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 2:57 PMEndTuesday, September 14, 1971 at 3:01 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 572-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander Butterfield discuss the selection and acquisition of specific photographs, referencing notes provided by Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The conversation centers on clarifying which photos have been designated for purchase versus those previously handled by Rose Mary Woods. Nixon instructs Butterfield to ensure that the specific selections made by his daughter are prioritized and finalized.

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Yes, sir.
Were you able to get the word on the purchase?
We spent, what we did, we spent a lot of time and went over the whole thing.
Yeah, I knew they should look at it.
Yeah, and then, I'm sure we made the notes on it and so forth.
Those may be the ones, but I don't copy what's not there.
So, you may have told her, but it wasn't Rose's.
Rose, we had some of hers were picked somewhere, so I don't know.
Okay, I'll make it very clear.
Just call it, you'll hear it.
She'll remember because she sat there and looked at the hole in it.
Okay.
It's pretty clear.
It says RX-1 and RX-11.
It doesn't mark the others at all?
No.
Well, that's not correct.
Well, he hasn't.
He hasn't had the information.
No, you just, I don't want to know.
Just be sure that whatever Julie found, just follow through.
And take the ones that she picked.

NARA Description

On September 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:57 pm to 3:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 572-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 572-9

Date: September 14, 1971
Time: 2:57 pm - 3:01 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Pictures
             -Julie Nixon Eisenhower's notes
             -Vernon C. Coffey, Jr.
             -Rose Mary Woods
             -Julie Eisenhower
                   -Choice of picture

Butterfield left at 3:01 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 572-009, September 14, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/572-009 (accessed October 9, 2026).