President Nixon, Alexander Haig, and Alexander Butterfield met briefly to discuss personnel logistics and the administration's strategic response to an unidentified adversary. The participants addressed the handling of a specific individual who sought to confront the President and evaluated the potential fallout from a public relations strategy. Nixon emphasized the need for a decisive approach despite claims that the White House was not involved in the underlying dispute.
On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 601-28 Date: October 25, 1971 Time: 12:15 pm - 12:17 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. [See Conversation No. 12-109; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation] Alexander P. Butterfield entered at an unknown time after 12:15 pm. [Unintelligible] Butterfield left at an unknown time before 12:17 pm. [End of telephone conversation]
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