Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 595 › Conversation 595-002
Nixon, Woods & Butterfield on White House Social Events and Guest Lists
Monday, October 18, 1971 · 1:15 PM–1:29 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Rose Mary Woods to coordinate his scheduling and manage the logistics of upcoming White House social functions. The discussion focused on streamlining guest lists for formal dinners, specifically those involving foreign dignitaries like Josip Broz Tito, to minimize the President's personal burden of shaking hands with numerous attendees. Additionally, they reviewed potential ambassadorial appointments and campaign finance considerations regarding donor Cornelius V. Whitney.
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NARA Description
On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 595-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 595-2
Date: October 18, 1971
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:29 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
[Unintelligible]
Butterfield left and Rose Mary Woods entered at 1:16 pm.
The President's schedule
-Timing of trip
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-New York
-Meeting
-Golf
-Westchester
-Business people
-Golf
-Donald McI. Kendall, George Champion, Lewis
-Champion
-Appointment
-Westchester
-The President's visit
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 2m 39s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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White House social affairs
-After dinner entertainment for Josip Broz Tito
-Handshakes
-Tito
-Guests
-State Department
-National Security Council [NSC]
-Assistant Secretaries
-Dinners
-Guest lists
-Handshakes
-Woods
-Lucy A. Winchester
-Tito
-The President
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 8s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-Handshakes
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 9s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-Guest lists
-Australia
-India
-Brazil
-Turkey
-Scheduling
-Contributors
-Tito
-Cornelius V. (“Sonny”) Whitney
Campaign finances
-Whitney
-Consideration as Ambassador
-Democrat
-Age
-Linguistic ability
-Spanish
-$250,000 campaign contribution
-John Hay (“Jock”) Whitney
-Thomas E. Stephens
-Contributions
-Newspapers
-Whitney
Woods left at 1:29 pm.Also recorded on October 18, 1971
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- 595-004 1:29 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 595-002, October 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/595-002 (accessed October 14, 2026).