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Document 26767

ALEXANDER P. BUTTERFIELD
He does not want to write about Nixon and Watergate.
TLS: "Alex Butterfield", 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1977 May 25. To Ms. Toni Currin, Dillon, S.C. In part: "You asked why I don't give a public accounting of my view of the Nixon era. I suppose I will some day. It's a subject which I feel I could write about from a perspective considerably different from those which have come to light to date. But for the present-and by this I mean for the next several years-I will do myself a favor if I put the Nixon era and Watergate out of my mind and concentrate on the business and challenges at hand...." During his years in the White House (1969-1973), Alexander Butterfield served on the staff of H.R. Haldeman and had the title of Deputy Assistant to the President. He was the Chief Administrative Officer in the White House and in this capacity he coordinated or supervised numerous White House operations. On July 16, 1973, Butterfield revealed the existence of recordings of White House conversations, later to be called the Watergate tapes. He had oversight responsibility for the installation and operation of the White House taping system. Five microphones in Nixon's desk, two in wall lamps by the fireplace, and more in the Cabinet Room, at his hideaway in the Old Executive Office Building and at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland picked up everything said in Nixon's presence. Without the tapes, it was unlikely Nixon would have had to give up the presidency. Creased at top left corner, else in fine condition.

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