Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 580 › Conversation 580-002

Nixon & Butterfield on Presidential administration and Document signing

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 10:03 AM–10:05 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation580-002 on Tape 580 (tape position 00:05:06–00:08:49)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 10:03 AMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 580-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon met briefly with Deputy Assistant to the President Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office. The primary purpose of this meeting was for the President to review and sign official administrative documents. No other substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief encounter.

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5:17Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud,

NARA Description

On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 580-2

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: 10:03 am - 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Signing of documents

Butterfield left at 10:05 am.

Also recorded on September 29, 1971

  • 580-001 9:55 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 10:03 am.
  • 580-003 10:13 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 10:21 am.
  • 580-004 10:21 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:21 am to 10:33 am.
  • 580-005 10:33 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, John B. Connally, Arthur F. Burns, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:33 am to 11:15 am.
  • 580-006 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-007 11:15 AM · 26 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-008 11:15 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.
  • 580-009 11:15 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:15 am and 11:54 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 580-002, September 29, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/580-002 (accessed October 2, 2026).