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Encyclopedia > Alexander P. Butterfield

Alexander Butterfield (born 1926) was the deputy assistant to Richard Nixon from 1969 until 1973. He was a key figure in the Watergate scandal.


On July 13, 1973, while under questioning by the special Senate committee, he revealed the existence of the Nixon tapes.




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Alexander Butterfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (525 words)
Alexander Porter Butterfield (born April 6, 1926) was the deputy assistant to Richard Nixon from 1969 until 1973.
Butterfield was born in Pensacola, Florida where his father, Horace B. Butterfield, was a pilot for the United States Navy.
Butterfield was not involved in the Watergate cover-up and was therefore not prosecuted.
WashingtonPost.com: President Taped Talks, Phone Calls; Lawyer Ties Ehrlichman to Payments (2049 words)
Butterfield said that meetings attended by the President in the cabinet room in the west wing of the White House also were taped by a manually operated recorder.
Butterfield testified initially that the system had been installed in the spring or summer of 1970 but corrected his testimony to say it was the spring of 1971 after Ervin read a letter from special counsel to the President J. Fred Buzhardt dating the system's first use by the President to 1971.
Butterfield said he was describing the system in order to be truthful in his testimony but that he was reluctant to discuss the matter.
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