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.
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 AidConversation 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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