President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield and Henry Kissinger to manage his immediate schedule and finalize administrative tasks, including the signing of official documents. The participants coordinated logistics for upcoming appointments, such as a meeting with George Shultz and Herbert Stein, and discussed preparations for a congratulatory call to the Apollo XVI astronauts. This brief session served to organize the President’s agenda and facilitate communication with key staff and external officials.
On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:28 pm to 12:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 715-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 715-4
Date: April 26, 1972
Time: 12:28 pm - 12:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
The President's schedule
-Signature on documents
The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?] at an unknown time
between 12:28 and 12:32 pm.
[Conversation no. 715-4A]
Speech draft
Meeting with the President
-Time
-The President's schedule
-The President's location
-Time
[End of telephone conversation]
[Signing documents]
The President's schedule
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 7/07)
Conv. No. 715-4 (cont.)
-Call to Apollo XVI astronauts
-Florida
-Meeting with George P. Shultz and Herbert Stein
-Call to astronauts
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Photograph
-Florida
-Call to National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA]
-Invitation to Camp David
-Invitation to White House dinner
-John W. Young
-Previous trips into space
-Rank
-Meeting with Kissinger
Butterfield left at 12:32 pm.This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.