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Conversation 012-084

TapeTape 12StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 3:14 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 3:30 PMTape start time03:09:54Tape end time03:13:30ParticipantsButterfield, Alexander P.;  White House operator;  Sanchez, ManoloRecording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

Alexander P. Butterfield coordinates with White House operators and Manolo Sanchez to facilitate a timely telephone call between President Nixon and Virginia Governor Linwood Holton. The participants focus on tracking Holton’s current location to reach him before he attends a scheduled press conference. Butterfield establishes a protocol to receive the call in his own office, intending to then escort the President there to ensure privacy for the conversation.

Linwood HoltonPresidential schedulingWhite House operationsCommunication logisticsManolo Sanchez
AudioNARA Description

On October 22, 1971, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-084 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-084

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Alexander P. Butterfield talked with the White House operator.

     The President's schedule
          -Linwood Holton

Butterfield conferred with Manolo Sanchez at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm.

     Sanchez

[End of conferral]

     Progress in completing telephone call

     Holton's schedule
          -The President's schedule
                -Butterfield's schedule
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello?
Yes, Mr. Butterfield.
Okay, yeah, I guess when you get him, you can go ahead and put it through, and he'll take it right here.
In fact, I might as well... Yeah, I'll stay on.
No.
No.
No.
Thank you.
I'm just wondering how we're coming.
I can't see.
They're getting him up as the second secretary.
Thank you.
Mr. Butterfield, they're telling me he's left this number, and in two or three minutes we can reach him at another number.
Okay, well what you should do, as soon as you can reach him, it's quite the sooner the better, because we're trying to get him before he goes to a press conference, and that may be where he's going.
Ring me on my phone, and then I will come in and get the President's phone.
We can transfer it to here, and then I'll go in the Oval Office and bring the President here.
He wants to take it in his private office where I am.
Yes, all right.
All right?
Do it that way.
Thank you.
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