Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-121
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 · 15 sec
A 15-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 012-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 012-121
Date: October 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 5:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 304-17B]
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 012-121, October 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191743). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-121 (accessed November 2, 2026).