Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-039

Sidley & Butterfield on Administrative tasks

Thursday, September 30, 1971 · 2:15 PM–8:56 AM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec

ParticipantsButterfield, Alexander P.; White House operator; Sidley, ToniConversation010-039 on Tape 10 (tape position 01:22:21–01:22:46)StartThursday, September 30, 1971 at 2:15 PMEndTuesday, October 5, 1971 at 8:56 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-039 ↗

AI Summary

Alexander P. Butterfield utilized the White House operator to place a call to Toni Sidley. The brief exchange primarily concerned the administrative task of arranging for Sidley to retrieve a specific item from Butterfield's office. The conversation successfully concluded with Sidley agreeing to collect the item.

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Tony Sidley, please.
Mr. Butterfield.
She's still in the office?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Mr. Butterfield's office.
Tony, will you come get this?
Yes, thank you.

NARA Description

Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Toni Sidley talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:15 pm on September 30, 1971 and 8:56 am on October 5, 1971. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-39

Date: Unknown between September 30 and October 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:15 pm, September 30 and 8:56 am, October 5, 1971
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Toni
Sidley.

Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

Butterfield talked with Toni Sidley.

           Schedule
                -Delivery of an item

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  • 582-003 2:25 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:25 pm to 2:50 pm.
  • 582-004 2:50 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 582-005 2:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-039, September 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-039 (accessed September 28, 2026).