Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-120
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander P. Butterfield
Monday, October 25, 1971 · 3:30 PM–5:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. This brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to reach the Deputy Assistant to the President. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this operator-assisted request.
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NARA Description
On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-120 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-120
Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 304-17A]
Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on October 25, 1971
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- 304-012 3:15 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 304-013 3:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm.
- 012-119 3:29 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan talked on the telephone from 3:29 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 304-015 3:29 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:29 pm to 3:30 pm.
- 012-121 3:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm.
- 304-016 3:30 PM · 1 hr 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 4:35 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-120, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-120 (accessed October 9, 2026).