Alexander P. Butterfield met with Secret Service agents in the Oval Office to discuss administrative or logistical details regarding presidential scheduling. The recorded segment consists primarily of room noise and unintelligible background conversation, providing no substantive record of dialogue or specific decision-making. Consequently, the interaction remains historically opaque, yielding no discernible developments or action items.
On January 31, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 661-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 661-15
Date: January 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:06 pm and 11:59 pm
Location: Oval Office
Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown people [Secret Service agents] met.
Alexander P. Butterfield’s schedule
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 08/05/2022.]
[Unintelligible]
[661-015-w001]
[Duration: 58s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly room noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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The unknown people left at an unknown time before 11:59 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.