Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 4 › Conversation 004-088

Nixon phone call with Butterfield on Housing policy

Wednesday, June 9, 1971 · 10:38 AM–10:39 AM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.Conversation004-088 on Tape 4 (tape position 03:19:10–03:19:28)StartWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 10:38 AMEndWednesday, June 9, 1971 at 10:39 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 004-088 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield coordinate the movement of a marked-up draft of a housing policy statement. Nixon instructs Butterfield to expedite the delivery of the document to John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange concludes with Butterfield promising to retrieve the draft from Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s office and send it over immediately.

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Yeah.
I marked up some of the housing statement.
Right.
Do you have it there, or is it gone to Ehrlichman?
He's here, and he doesn't have it yet.
Oh, he doesn't have it yet?
Well, there we go.
My baby, would you trace it off, send it over?
Between here and Price's, I'll get it right over.
Thank you.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On June 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 10:38 am to 10:39 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-088 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 4-88

Date: June 9, 1971
Time: 10:38 am - 10:39 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.

[See Conversation No. 255-33B]

     Housing statement
          -Location
               -John D. Ehrlichman
               -Raymond K. Price, Jr.

Also recorded on June 9, 1971

  • 004-085 9:25 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:24 am.
  • 255-032 9:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 10:34 am.
  • 255-023 10:29 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:34 am.
  • 255-031 10:29 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:29 am and 10:34 am.
  • 004-086 10:34 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:34 am to 10:35 am.
  • 255-033 10:34 AM · 1 hr 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:34 am to 12:00 pm.
  • 004-087 10:35 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 10:38 am.
  • 004-089 10:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:39 am and 12:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 004-088, June 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-088 (accessed October 22, 2026).