Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 658 › Conversation 658-011
Nixon & Butterfield on Oval Office and Administrative coordination
Thursday, January 27, 1972 · 1:03 PM–2:10 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon met with Deputy Assistant to the President Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to conduct administrative or operational business. While the specific content of the discussion remains unintelligible due to a lack of transcript records, the meeting involved the routine coordination of White House activities. No definitive decisions or policy outcomes can be determined from the available documentation.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 658-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 658-11
Date: January 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
[Unintelligible]
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 2:10 pm.Also recorded on January 27, 1972
- 019-133 1:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 658-012 1:03 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 658-013 1:03 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 658-014 1:03 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
- 019-134 2:10 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 2:10 pm to 2:17 pm.
- 658-015 2:10 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:10 pm to 2:17 pm.
- 019-135 2:17 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
- 658-016 2:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 658-011, January 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/658-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).