Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 627 › Conversation 627-014

Nixon, Butterfield & Woods on Chicago trip and Academic relations

Wednesday, December 1, 1971 · 1:17 PM–1:22 PM ET · Oval Office · 6 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Woods, Rose MaryConversation627-014 on Tape 627 (tape position 02:41:06–02:49:46)StartWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 1:17 PMEndWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 1:22 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 627-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Rose Mary Woods to coordinate logistical arrangements for an upcoming trip to Chicago. The participants reviewed scheduling details, specifically focusing on the preparation of materials and the selection of academics and former ambassadors for meetings. They also discussed administrative matters regarding potential media appearances and ongoing negotiations involving financial interests.

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NARA Description

On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:17 pm and 1:22 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 627-014 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 627-14

Date: December 1, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:17 pm and 1:22 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Rose Mary Woods.

     Schedule
          -Chicago
                -Preparations
                      -Materials to be taken
          -Meeting
                -Academics
                -Former ambassadors
          -Peter G. Peterson
          -Peter M. Flanigan
          -Television
                -Interview [?]
          -John Roth [?]

The President, Butterfield and Woods left at 1:22 pm.

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Can I talk to one man for 30 minutes?
Sure.
I know you don't want to talk to me.
I'm telling you, it's a bad indicator.
I mean, it's hard.
It's so hard.
If you want me to do this, you don't have to do it.
I'm telling you, it's a bad indicator.
I'm telling you, it's a bad indicator.
I'm telling you, it's a bad indicator.
Let's get one of these through.
Then we have 10 people who are on it, and 80 of us who are academic type.
Do you want a few of those to fit?
Yeah, that's about a couple dollars.
We've had several of these.
Yeah, we've had a thousand.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Yeah, we've had thousands.
One thousand dollars.
Now, when he came in, he said that he had been negotiating with the rich people about Canadian art.
And he had conceded to these people because they had been, not too much on cash, but they had been negotiating with Canadian art.
Now, do you want to hear this one right back?
All right, and what about the TV?
No.
Okay.
I'll let you know.
I'm going to be such a solider.
Well, they'll be perfect.
I want this.
Do you have the money?
Well, not at the moment.
Do you have the money?
All right.
I'll let you know.
I'll let you know.
I'll let you know.
I'll let you know.
All right, the others that were identified today are people who are working on a few other things.
I don't think
And I didn't know if you wanted to watch it.
What about taking the box?
Leave all the good stuff out.
When it's not small enough, there's a lot of people who have to get people in there that don't want them.
That's right.
Yeah, have to sit and be with them.
Have a good picture.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 627-014, 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/627-014 (accessed November 1, 2026).