Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 599 › Conversation 599-003
Nixon & Butterfield on Imelda Marcos and Alexander M. Haig Jr.
Friday, October 22, 1971 · 8:50 AM–8:52 AM ET · Oval Office ·31 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate the President's upcoming daily schedule and manage interactions with high-profile visitors. The discussion focused on the logistics of meetings involving Imelda Marcos and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Nixon specifically instructed Butterfield to involve the State Department, specifically Emil Mosbacher, regarding matters involving Marcos while expressing his desire to avoid direct personal involvement in certain sensitive logistical details.
- Presidential schedule
- Imelda Marcos
- Alexander M. Haig Jr.
- Emil Mosbacher
- White House logistics
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NARA Description
On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 8:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 599-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 599-3
Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 8:50 am - 8:52 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Imelda Marcos
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-State Department
-Emil (“Bus”) Mosbacher, Jr.
Butterfield left at 8:52 pm.
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Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)Also recorded on October 22, 1971
- 012-079 8:08 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm.
- 012-080 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm.
- 012-081 8:08 AM · 8 min — the White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Lodge, and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 3:05 pm.
- 599-001 8:08 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
- 599-002 8:08 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
- 599-018 8:08 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:50 am.
- 599-004 8:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 8:59 am.
- 599-005 9:06 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:06 am to 9:25 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 599-003, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/599-003 (accessed September 18, 2026).