Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 617 › Conversation 617-026
Butterfield on Oval Office and Document handling
Friday, November 12, 1971 · 6:55 PM–11:59 PM ET · Oval Office · 1 min
AI Summary
Alexander P. Butterfield met with unidentified individuals in the Oval Office while the President was located in the White House residence. The brief exchange concerns the handling of an unspecified item or document that required the participants to be prepared. No substantive policy discussions were recorded, and the interaction concluded with the visitors departing the office.
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NARA Description
On November 12, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 617-026
Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield met with unknown people.
The President's location
-Residence
Unknown item
The unknown men left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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- 617-022 5:55 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:03 pm.
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- 617-024 6:20 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:20 pm to 6:55 pm.
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- 617-025 6:55 PM · 5 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 11:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 617-026, November 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417179803). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-026 (accessed November 2, 2026).