Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-099
Nixon phone call with Butterfield on Speechwriting and Canada
Monday, April 10, 1972 · 2:59 PM–3:00 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec
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On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 2:59 pm to 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-099 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 22-99
Date: April 10, 1972
Time: 2:59 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Alexander P. Butterfield.
[See Conversation No. 330-27]
The President’s forthcoming speech in Canada
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Also recorded on April 10, 1972
- 022-098 1:59 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 022-100 3:05 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
- 330-028 3:05 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:05 pm to 3:06 pm.
- 330-029 3:06 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 330-030 3:06 PM · 39 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 3:06 pm and 3:10 pm.
- 330-031 3:10 PM · 46 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 3:55 pm.
- 705-015 4:00 PM · 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:41 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-099, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193163). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-099 (accessed November 15, 2026).