--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 018700000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-304 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... ALEXANDER BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND NOTES (Nixon White House) ...DESCRIPTION... The Alexander Butterfield Papers exclusively concern Butterfield's July l3, 1973 interview with staff of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Ervin Committee), which was investigating the Watergate burglary and related illegal activities. During the interview Butterfield made his historic disclosure that presidential conversations in the Oval Office and elsewhere had been secretly taped recorded at the direction of President Nixon. A few days later, on July l6, Butterfield repeated the disclosure in open committee testimony before live television cameras. The effect was electric, and the White House tapes and their contents remained at the center of the controversy leading to Nixon's resignation from office on August 9, 1974. The papers consist of stenographer Marianne Brazer's shorthand transcript of the interview, her handwritten verbatim transcript of what she deemed the "salient" portions of the interview, and an addendum summarizing those portions of the interview which concerned the taping system. Ford Library archivists have added photocopies of two documents in the Ervin Committee records at the National Archives: a copy of the addendum with extensive comments and corrections in Butterfield's handwriting; and a summary of the many parts of the interview which did not relate to the taping system. This last document is interesting not just for "Watergate" information, but for information on Oval Office paper flow and recordkeeping in general. Butterfield managed the flow of paper to President Nixon. At the time of his testimony, Butterfield was the recently appointed head of the Federal Aviation Administration. He was previously Deputy Assistant to President Nixon and Secretary to the Cabinet. Butterfield remained as head of the FAA until President Ford requested his resignation in March 1975. ...ABSTRACT... Summaries and notes concerning the July 13, 1973 interview at which Butterfield revealed the existence of the Nixon White House taping system. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Watergate, Congressional Investigations LC SUBJECT TERM............ WATA, UNPOA, Watergate Affair, 1972-1974, United States--Politics and government--1969-1974 BEGINNING DATE............. 1973 ENDING DATE................ 1973 VOLUME..................... 0.2 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... There are some related items in the Ford Congressional Papers. ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... N ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in a single alphabetical series. PREFERRED CITATION......... Alexander Butterfield Collected Items, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 1A-01-19-5 DATE OF OPENING............ 04/1985 CREATORS NAME.............. Brazer Marianne CONFORMING NAME............ Brazer, Marianne CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Stenographer with the Senate Watergate Committee CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Unknown ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... Alexander P. Butterfield 1926 - Born in Pensacola, Florida 1949-69 - United States Air Force 1956 - B.S., University of Maryland 1967 - M.S., George Washington University 1969-73 - Deputy Assistant to President Nixon; Secretary to the Cabinet 1973-75 - Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration 1975-76 - Lecturer, senior management consultant 1977-80 - Executive officer, International Air Service Co. Ltd.; California Life Corporation 1981-Present - Chairman, GMA Corporation and Global Network, Inc. DONORS NAME................ George Mason University Foundation DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... None SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... Senate Watergate Committee stenographer Marianne Brazer apparently gave these materials to the George Mason University Foundation. Joseph Levine of the Foundation sent them to the Ford Library. Originally accessioned as 84-NLF-039. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. Shorthand notes are closed pending their translation into standard script. ...LITERARY RIGHT... Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyright interest to materials written by other individuals or organizations is presumed to remain with them. WRITTEN PERMISSION......... N BOX........................ ******* BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 018700002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-304 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Butterfield Interview Summary SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Watergate, Congressional Investigations BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1973 ENDING DATE................ 07/1973 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 8 BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 018700003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-304 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Butterfield Interview Transcript - "Salient" Portions SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Watergate, Congressional Investigations BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1973 ENDING DATE................ 07/1973 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 17 BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 018700004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-304 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Butterfield Interview Transcript SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Watergate, Congressional Investigations BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1973 ENDING DATE................ 07/1973 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 100 BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 018700005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-304 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Photocopies of related items in the Records of the Senate Ervin Committee at the National Archives SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Watergate, Congressional Investigations BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1973 ENDING DATE................ 07/1973 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 25 BUTTERFIELD INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS ---------------