President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield held a brief administrative meeting in the Oval Office to coordinate logistics. The discussion focused on the current location and availability of Secretary of State William P. Rogers. No specific policy decisions were finalized, as the meeting functioned primarily to facilitate executive scheduling and internal communications.
On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 711-1
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:20 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
William P. Rogers
-Location
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 9:20 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.