President Nixon met with Alexander Butterfield, Ronald Ziegler, and Rose Mary Woods to manage administrative tasks and scheduling priorities. The participants focused on reviewing items requiring the President's signature and coordinating necessary deliveries. Key actions included facilitating a call between Henry Kissinger and Senator John C. Stennis as well as coordinating with Dr. William M. Lukash.
On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:23 pm to 5:25 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 726-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 726-14
Date: May 19, 1972
Time: 5:23 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield and Ronald L. Ziegler.
The President’s schedule
Ziegler left at 5:23 pm.
Items for President's signature
Rose Mary Woods entered at 5:24 pm.
Ziegler entered at 5:24 pm.
Henry A. Kissinger
-Call to John C. Stennis
Dr. William M. Lukash
Items for delivery
Butterfield, Ziegler, and Woods left at 5:25 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.