Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 661 › Conversation 661-013
Nixon, Butterfield & Bull on Daniel J. Evans and Rose Mary Woods
Monday, January 31, 1972 · 6:00 PM–6:06 PM ET · Oval Office ·54 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to review the presidential schedule, specifically regarding an upcoming meeting with Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans. The discussion also touched upon an undisclosed resignation letter and a brief administrative matter involving a telephone call between Rose Mary Woods and First Lady Pat Nixon, facilitated by Stephen B. Bull. The session concluded with brief logistical updates and coordination between the President and his staff.
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NARA Description
On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 661-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 661-13
Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:00 pm and 6:06 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
-Forthcoming meeting with Daniel J. Evans, February 1, 1972
Resignation letter of unknown person
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:00 pm.
Rose Mary Woods
-Telephone call with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
Butterfield and Bull left at an unknown time before 6:06 pm.Also recorded on January 31, 1972
- 020-009 4:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stewart B. McKinney talked on the telephone from 4:04 pm to 4:06 pm.
- 661-009 4:04 PM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stewart B. McKinney, John D. Ehrlichman, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:04 pm to 5:05 pm.
- 661-010 5:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:13 pm.
- 661-011 5:05 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:05 pm and 5:49 pm.
- 661-012 5:49 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:49 pm to 6:00 pm.
- 661-014 6:00 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:06 pm.
- 661-015 6:00 PM · 1 min — Alexander P. Butterfield and United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 11:59 pm.
- 020-010 6:06 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:06 pm and 7:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 661-013, January 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/661-013 (accessed September 18, 2026).