Alexander P. Butterfield met with an unidentified individual in the Oval Office to provide specific instructions or clarifications. The brief encounter focused on ensuring the unknown participant reached a proper understanding of these directives. No further actions or developments were recorded before the participants departed shortly thereafter.
On September 17, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 11:43 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 574-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 574-7
Date: September 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:41 am and 11:43 am
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield met with an unknown person.
Instructions
-Unknown person’s understanding
Butterfield and the unknown person left at an unknown time before 11:43 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.