Conversation 678-005

TapeTape 678StartMonday, March 6, 1972 at 5:05 PMEndMonday, March 6, 1972 at 5:10 PMTape start time02:07:00Tape end time02:15:13ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Butterfield, Alexander P.Recording deviceOval Office

On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:05 pm to 5:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 678-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 678-5

Date: March 6, 1972
Time: 5:05 pm - 5:10 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.

     Signing documents

     Reunions
         -World War II
               -SEAT and Quonset
                     -New York
                          -Paul Williams
                     -Captain Peter Boyle
                     -Ottumwa
               -Duke Law School
         -Carl Fleps

Butterfield left at 5:10 pm.

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Let's go.
On that old, uh, baby thing, I want you to please, uh, you just mentioned, uh, two of us.
I really can't stand it.
people who were in the Badger up here in New York, you know.
You know who that was?
You know who he had his name on there?
Paul Williams.
Paul Williams.
He's got a dozen of those characters.
And then some of them were Catt and Peter Boyle, who were simply there to play the best.
Now, we were gonna, we were really just trying to get...
What, what would you, do you particularly want the scatling in first on the law school class students in June?
I told you, I told you.
Because Fletcher would like a little more time.
He said, couldn't we have the law school finish first?
Sure, sure.
Yeah, the law school, the scatling.