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Nixon & Butterfield on Administrative procedures and Presidential signatures

Wednesday, September 29, 1971 · 11:54 AM ET · Oval Office

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation580-010 on Tape 580 (tape position 01:13:00–01:14:48)StartWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:54 AMEndWednesday, September 29, 1971 at 11:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 580-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to review and sign official administrative documents. The brief encounter focused primarily on the processing of these pending items requiring the President's immediate attention. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief meeting.

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NARA Description

On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 580-10

Date: September 29, 1971
Time: 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Items for the President's signature

Butterfield left at 11:54 am.

Also recorded on September 29, 1971

  • 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.
  • 580-011 11:54 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am.
  • 580-013 11:55 AM · 1 hr 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 1:08 pm.
  • 010-028 11:58 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:58 am.
  • 010-029 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 010-031 11:58 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:58 am and 7:19 pm.
  • 580-012 11:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:58 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 010-030 12:00 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 pm and 7:19 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 580-010, 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/580-010 (accessed October 2, 2026).