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Nixon & Butterfield on Christine Wilde and Personnel administration

Thursday, December 9, 1971 · 11:16 AM–11:22 AM ET · Oval Office · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation633-008 on Tape 633 (tape position 02:07:45–02:09:42)StartThursday, December 9, 1971 at 11:16 AMEndThursday, December 9, 1971 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 633-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met to discuss the staffing transition of Christine Wilde, the secretary to Jon M. Huntsman. The conversation focused on her departure and the assessment of her professional qualifications for future placement. The President evaluated the timing for a potential meeting with Wilde as part of these personnel considerations.

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NARA Description

On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:16 am and 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 633-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 633-008

Date: December 9, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:16 am and 11:22 am
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Christine Wilde
          -Departure
          -Secretary to Jon M. Huntsman
          -Qualifications
          -Meeting with the President
                -Timing

Butterfield left at an unknown time before 11:22 am.

Also recorded on December 9, 1971

  • 633-007 11:04 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Vernon A. Walters met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:04 am to 11:16 am.
  • 633-009 11:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Christine Wilde, Jon M. Huntsman, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
  • 633-010 11:23 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:25 am.
  • 633-011 11:25 AM · 2 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles R. Jonas, White House operator, Anna Lee Smith, Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:25 am to 1:27 pm.
  • 016-068 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles R. Jonas talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:35 am.
  • 016-069 11:35 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:53 am.
  • 016-070 11:53 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Walter Scheel talked on the telephone from 11:53 am to 11:55 am.
  • 016-071 11:55 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 633-008, December 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/633-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).