Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 587 › Conversation 587-010

Nixon, Bull & Butterfield on College students and Jerome H. Jaffe

Friday, October 8, 1971 · 12:28 PM–12:30 PM ET · Oval Office · 59 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation587-010 on Tape 587 (tape position 02:37:55–02:39:24)StartFriday, October 8, 1971 at 12:28 PMEndFriday, October 8, 1971 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 587-010 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Stephen B. Bull and Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate logistics for a scheduled appearance with college presidents. Butterfield provided a briefing regarding an event involving Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe and the students assembled at the South Portico. The participants finalized the sequence of movements to ensure the President was positioned to observe the group before his formal arrival.

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I mean, that's, uh, that's a really good thing to see, isn't it?
Oh!
That's fine.
Let's have that out there.
Well, it's, it's all set up.
Is this the next one?
I don't know, I guess.
I think it should be.
I guess, I'm sure it is.
I don't know.
Mr. President, there's been a briefing this morning on Dr. Jaffe and the 65 college presidents.
They're assembled over by the South Portico.
We'll watch you before you come down.
Mr. O'Brien, wait a minute.
I don't want to stop you.
I'm not going to stop you because otherwise you're going to see me.

NARA Description

On October 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 587-010 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 587-10

Date: October 8, 1971
Time: 12:28 pm - 12:30 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 12:28 pm.

     Briefing that morning
           -Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe
                 -South portico
                      -College students

The President, et al. left at 12:30 pm.

Also recorded on October 8, 1971

  • 587-002 9:46 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:46 am to 10:04 am.
  • 587-003 10:04 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, John D. Ehrlichman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:04 am to 10:47 am.
  • 587-005 10:47 AM · 8 min — Stephen B. Bull, Charlotte T. Reid, Mrs. Edward C. Thompson, Edward T. Reid, Susan Reid, George Lindner, H. A. Barker, Mrs. H. A. Barker, Lambert Oschsenschlager, Mrs. Lambert Oschsenschlager, Dean Burch, Donald H. Rumsfeld, Frederic V. Malek, Frank Nebeker, White House photographer, and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:47 am to 10:55 am.
  • 587-006 10:55 AM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:58 am.
  • 587-007 10:58 AM · 1 hr 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Richard M. Helms, Stephen B. Bull, David M. Kennedy, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter G. Peterson, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:58 am to 12:12 pm.
  • 587-008 12:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:17 pm.
  • 587-009 12:18 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Wayne Woodrow ("Woody") Hays, Sherman Lloyd, Rene Chazelle, Jacqueline Thome-Patentore, Jean Boinvilliers, Pierre-Bernard Couste, Isadore Renouard, Pierre Billotte, Madame Solange Troisier, Manuel Lujan, Jr., Robert Moinet, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Richard K. Cook, and Charles E. Lucet met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:28 pm.
  • 587-011 12:30 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 11:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 587-010, October 8, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/587-010 (accessed September 28, 2026).