President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to provide specific instructions regarding the retrieval of an unidentified item. The discussion focused on the logistics and handling of this sensitive object. No further details regarding the nature of the item or subsequent actions are documented.
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 656-19
Date: January 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Instruction about picking-up unknown item
The President and Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:58 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.