President Nixon held a brief meeting with Alexander P. Butterfield to discuss personnel matters. The discussion centered on the status and transition of Brent Scowcroft. No further substantive details regarding the meeting's outcome are available due to the lack of a transcript.
On January 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 838-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 838-21
Date: January 11, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Brent G. Scowcroft
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:04 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.