President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield to coordinate administrative logistics and scheduling regarding key staff members. The discussion focused on the movement and availability of H. R. Haldeman, specifically concerning his meeting with John D. Ehrlichman. No further policy developments were recorded during this brief encounter before Butterfield’s departure.
On May 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 719-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 719-6
Date: May 4, 1972
Time: 9:59 am – unknown before 10:03 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
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H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Location
-Meeting with John D. Ehrlichman
-Meeting with the President
-Time
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 10:03 am.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.