Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 619 › Conversation 619-006

Butterfield & United States Secret Service agents on White House taping system

Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 8:07 AM–9:50 AM ET · Oval Office ·28 sec

ParticipantsButterfield, Alexander P.;  United States Secret Service agentsConversation619-006 onTape 619 (tape position 00:38:15–00:39:17)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 8:07 AMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 9:50 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 619-006 ↗

AI Summary

Alexander P. Butterfield met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to facilitate a technical maintenance task, specifically the changing of a recording tape. The brief exchange includes cryptic remarks regarding an unnamed individual's past behavior, professional grievances, and personal animosity. The primary purpose of the meeting was the physical operation of the White House taping system.

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Yeah, he, uh, he apologized to me.
He didn't change much.
I know he didn't like me.
I don't know if he said he had to, but he was down here a lot longer.
And I suppose you heard what he was going through, didn't you?

NARA Description

On November 16, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 619-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 619-6

Date: November 16, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:07 am and 9:50 am
Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with unknown people [Secret Service agents].

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
partially opened. The withdrawal is now categorized as a PRMPA Federal Statute (A) and was
reviewed under deed of gift 02/11/2019. 22s segment cleared for release. 5s remain closed as
619-006-w001.]
[Federal Statute]
[619-006-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

END WITHDRAWAN ITEM NO. 1

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[Unintelligible]
[619-006-w001]
[Duration: 22s]

     Change tape
         -Alexander Butterfield

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Butterfield and the unknown men [Secret Service agents] left at an unknown time before 9:50
am.

Also recorded on November 16, 1971

  • 619-001 7:56 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:07 am.
  • 619-002 7:56 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:56 am and 8:07 am.
  • 619-003 8:07 AM · 24 min — United States Secret Service agents, Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-004 8:07 AM · 11 sec — Stephen B. Bull and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-005 8:07 AM · 8 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:07 am and 9:50 am.
  • 619-007 9:53 AM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:53 am to 10:13 am.
  • 619-008 10:13 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:13 am and 10:15 am.
  • 083-004 10:15 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and members of the Committee on Mental Retardation, including Elliot L. Richardson, Patricia R. Hitt, Clair W. Burgener, Kenneth Robinson, Jeannette Rockefeller, Nan Ulle, Joseph H. Douglas, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., James H. Cavanaugh, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 10:15 am to 10:56 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 619-006, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/619-006 (accessed September 18, 2026).