President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Rose Mary Woods to manage a variety of administrative and scheduling tasks, ranging from locating missing Treasury Department memoranda to coordinating the President’s personal correspondence. The President emphasized the urgent need for a final draft of his State of the Union speech by late afternoon and directed his staff to compile favorable editorial coverage regarding First Lady Pat Nixon’s trip to Africa. These discussions served to streamline White House operations and ensure the timely completion of key policy and public relations materials.
On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 650-2
Date: January 18, 1972
Time: 9:48 am - 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President's schedule
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s schedule
-Talk at Cathedral School
-John B. Connally's memorandum on Chile
-Treasury Department
-Peter G. Peterson
-Paris monetary group session
-Paul A. Volcker
Rose Mary Woods entered at 9:53 am.
Butterfield left at 9:54 am
Item for the President's signature
Correspondence
-Hal [Surname unintelligible]
-L[ouis] Patrick Gray, III’s request for letter
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The President's clothes
-Sports coats, shirts
-Manolo Sanchez
-Zosimo T. Monzon
-California
-Cost
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The President's schedule
-Alice Roosevelt Longworth
-Christmas gift of elephant figure
-Telephone call
-Thank you letter
-J. Edgar Hoover
Wiley T. Buchanan
-Possible ambassadorship to Spain
-Peter M. Flanigan
-Wife
-State Department
Copy of draft of State of the Union speech
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
-Deadline for delivery of final copy to the President
-William L. Safire
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's trip to Africa
-Monday magazine
-Preparation of article for mailing
-Editorials
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Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon's trip to Africa
-Editorials
-Responsibility for compilation
-Charles W. Colson
-Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin
-Herbert G. Klein
-Television coverage
-Editorials
-Newspaper photographs
-New York Times
-Allin
-Colson
-Assignment for staff member
-Memorandum
-Distribution
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Allin, Colson, the President
-Constance M. Stuart
-Mrs. Nixon
Speech draft
-Price
-Safire
-Allin's duties
Woods left at 10:05 am.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.