President Nixon met with Alexander P. Butterfield in the Oval Office to discuss the handling and organization of specific documents. The brief conversation focused on the contents and management of a briefcase containing sensitive materials. No further details regarding the nature of these documents were established during the short session.
On September 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 577-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 577-5
Date: September 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:30 pm and 1:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield.
Briefcase
-Materials
Butterfield left at an unknown time before 1:40 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.