Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-085
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 2:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this specific call.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-085 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-85
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 2:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 283-43]
Request for a call to Alexander P. ButterfieldAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-086 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 283-043 2:50 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:50 pm.
- 283-044 2:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 2:52 pm.
- 010-087 2:54 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 2:54 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 283-045 2:54 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:54 pm to 2:58 pm.
- 010-088 2:59 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 283-046 2:59 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 010-089 3:11 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:11 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 010-085, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-085 (accessed October 8, 2026).