Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 574 › Conversation 574-007
Butterfield on Oval Office
Friday, September 17, 1971 · 11:41 AM–11:43 AM ET · Oval Office · 29 sec
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Position in tape: 02:50:53 – 02:51:20
part B, 49:33
NARA Description
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 Aid
Conversation 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.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 009-062 11:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 4:28 pm.
- 574-009 11:45 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jack F. Kemp, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:45 am to 12:01 pm.
- 574-010 12:01 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:01 pm to 12:05 pm.
- 574-011 12:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Aida L. Gonzalez, Edwin R. Luther, Mrs. Edwin R. Luther, Frank K. Baker, Mrs. Albert E. Crowe, Mabel Marrs, Harold Davis, John Meek, Michael Wilson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:14 pm.
- 574-012 12:14 PM · 3 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:34 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 574-007, September 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/574-007 (accessed November 10, 2026).