President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to finalize logistics for an upcoming meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz and Richard E. Lyng. The primary focus of the discussion was the timing and structure of the presentation regarding the National Advisory Committee on Child Nutrition report. They specifically coordinated the duration of the meeting and the scheduling of a subsequent press briefing.
On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:05 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 679-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 679-3
Date: March 7, 1972
Time: Unknown after 10:02 am until 10:05 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President’s schedule
-Earl L. Butz and Richard E. Lyng
-National Advisory Committee on Child Nutrition Report
-Timing
-Press briefing
-Length of meeting
Butterfield left at 10:05 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.