Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-084
Butterfield & Sanchez on Linwood Holton and Communication logistics
Friday, October 22, 1971 · 3:14 PM–3:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 4 min
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.
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NARA 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
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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 scheduleAlso recorded on October 22, 1971
- 599-015 1:00 PM · 2 min — Rose Mary Woods, Anne Whitman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:00 pm to 1:03 pm.
- 599-016 1:03 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 599-017 2:05 PM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, George H. W. Bush, William P. Rogers, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:05 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 012-082 3:14 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:14 pm.
- 012-083 3:14 PM · 35 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 012-085 3:14 PM · 6 min — Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Linwood Holton, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:14 pm and 3:30 pm.
- 012-086 3:35 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:35 pm to 5:20 pm.
- 012-087 5:20 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Bryce N. Harlow, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:27 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-084, October 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-084 (accessed October 12, 2026).