Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-098

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Alexander Butterfield

Monday, April 10, 1972 · 1:59 PM–2:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-098 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:56:44–03:57:04)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 1:59 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 2:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-098 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193161 ↗

A 9-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 April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:59 pm and 2:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-098 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-98

Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 330-26]

     Request for call to Alexander P. Butterfield

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Butterfield please.
Yes sir.

Also recorded on April 10, 1972

  • 705-014 1:06 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:11 pm.
  • 330-022 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 330-023 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 330-024 1:11 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 330-025 1:11 PM · 29 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 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 330-026 1:11 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 022-099 2:59 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm.
  • 330-027 2:59 PM · 1 min — 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-098, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193161). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-098 (accessed November 15, 2026).