Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 639 › Conversation 639-007
Nixon & Butterfield on Oval Office and Administrative logistics
Saturday, December 18, 1971 · 1:09 PM–11:11 PM ET · Oval Office · 7 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office for a brief, two-minute exchange. The specific content of this discussion remains unavailable due to the lack of an existing transcript and the unintelligible nature of the recording. No definitive policy decisions or significant administrative actions were captured during this brief encounter.
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NARA Description
On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 11:11 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 639-007
Date: December 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:09 pm and 1:11 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 06/14/2019.]
[Unintelligible]
[639-007-w001]
[Duration: 7s]
The President’s schedule
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Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:11 pm.Also recorded on December 18, 1971
- 016-108 12:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:43 pm.
- 639-005 12:43 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:43 pm to 12:50 pm.
- 016-109 12:44 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:44 pm to 12:45 pm.
- 016-110 12:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:40 pm.
- 639-006 12:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:50 pm to 1:09 pm.
- 639-008 1:09 PM · 2 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 11:11 pm.
- 639-009 1:11 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:11 pm to 1:34 pm.
- 639-010 1:34 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 639-007, December 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/639-007 (accessed October 10, 2026).