Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-088
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on Cabinet meetings and John Connally
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 2:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed Alexander P. Butterfield to reschedule a planned Cabinet meeting from Friday to 4:30 p.m. on the following Tuesday. This adjustment was made specifically to accommodate the schedule of Treasury Secretary John Connally. Butterfield confirmed that he had already coordinated the change with Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman.
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-088 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 10-88
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: 2:59 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.
President's schedule
-Cabinet meeting, October 12
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-ConnallyAlso recorded on October 6, 1971
- 010-085 2:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:50 pm.
- 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.
- 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 010-088, 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/010-088 (accessed October 8, 2026).