Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 627 › Conversation 627-013
Nixon & Butterfield on Oval Office and White House Tapes
Wednesday, December 1, 1971 · 1:15 PM–1:17 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief meeting in the Oval Office to address administrative or scheduling logistics. The discussion remains largely unintelligible due to poor audio quality, providing no substantive record of policy decisions. Consequently, the meeting resulted in no documented outcomes or formal action items.
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Position in tape: 02:34:59 – 02:41:06
part A, 1:45:36
NARA Description
On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:15 pm to 1:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 627-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 627-13
Date: December 1, 1971
Time: 1:15 pm - 1:17 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Schedule
Butterfield left at 1:17 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 627-013, December 1, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/627-013 (accessed November 1, 2026).